
Ancient Mesopotamia
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec ⢠1 pt
What does the name Mesopotamia mean?
The land between two mountains
The land between two valleys
The land between two rivers
The land between two deserts
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min ⢠1 pt
Why were cities able to develop in ancient Mesopotamia?
People from other civilizations offered to help Mesopotamia's people build cities in exchange for food and supplies.
Farmers had grown so much food that many people could focus on other kinds of work instead of agriculture.
Mesopotamian armies captured men from surrounding lands and forced them to build cities for them.
None of these answers are correct.
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec ⢠1 pt
Which of the following are major cities of ancient Mesopotamia? (Choose ALL that apply.)
Eridu
Cairo
Uruk
Athens
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min ⢠1 pt
Why was irrigation needed for successful agriculture? (Choose ALL that apply.)
If walls, ditches, and canals were not built, flood waters would possibly destroy crops.
To provide drinking water for animals and humans.
So that river water could be saved for watering crops during times of drought (little to no rainfall).
So that they could quickly wash away crops that had gone bad.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec ⢠1 pt
What is domestication?
Raising animals and plants for humans to use.
Controlling water to bring it to the land.
Flat land hat sits up higher than the land around it.
Extremely fertile soil left behind by flooding rivers.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec ⢠1 pt
What is silt?
Raising animals and plants for humans to use.
Controlling water to bring it to the land.
Flat land hat sits up higher than the land around it.
Extremely fertile soil left behind by flooding rivers.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec ⢠1 pt
What is irrigation?
Raising animals and plants for humans to use.
Controlling water to bring it to the land.
Flat land hat sits up higher than the land around it.
Extremely fertile soil left behind by flooding rivers.
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