Ancient Mesopotamia

The green area of the map is known as what?

• Mesopotamia

• The Tigris and Euphrates River Valley

• The Middle East

• The Fertile Crescent

Mesopotamia means

• the fertile crescent

• the riverlands

• the land between the rivers

• the land near the rivers

Fertile means

• dirt

• silt that's washed ashore

• overflow from rivers

• able to grow plants well

Why was it called the fertile crescent?

• When the rivers overflowed it washed fertile silt onto the shores so plants could grow easily in the entire region

• The people there were farmers

• The people in this region invented irrigation

• The crescent shaped area was filled with dense forests filled with fruit trees

Why were the people of Ancient Mesopotamia so successful in creating a civilization?

• They used irrigation to control the rivers in order to grow large amounts of crops

• They weren't very successful because their crops would be washed away in the floods

• They caught so much fish that they could trade it with other communities and didn't need to worry about growing crops

• The silt washed up onto the land making it more fertile

What was the name of the mountain range on the eastern border of the fertile crescent?

• Zorg Mountains

• Akkadian Mountains

• Sumerian Mountains

• Zagros Mountains

The sea that makes up the western border of the fertile crescent is the

• Black Sea

• Red Sea

• Caspian Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

the most important building in a city-state. It looks like a wedding cake. The temple is on the very top and the bottom floors are for government use.

• pictogram

• ziggurat

• irrigation

• Fertile Crescent

A method of supplying dry lands with water by means of canals, ditches, pipes, levees, and reservoirs.

• cuneiform

• Mesopotamia

• polytheism

• irrigation

The earliest form of writing where a picture that stands for a word or idea

• pictogram or pictograph

• ziggurat

• scribe

• polytheism