Mesopotamia Check In

This picture shows an area known as the..

• Farming Curve
• Fertile Crescent
• Green C
• Fertile Curve

A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a

• scribe.
• cradle.
• Gilgamesh.
• ziggurat.

What was the main religion of the Sumerians?

• Monotheism
• Christianity
• Polytheism
• Judaism

What is polytheism?

• an amphibian with many legs

• the worship of many gods

• the worship of one god

• the worship of no god/gods

Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?

• the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
• the Tigris and the Persian Gulf
• the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates
• the Euphrates and the Tigris

building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops

• irrigation

• nomads

• ziggurat

• scribes

What was the primary reason that civilization first developed in Mesopotamia?

• Important centers of learning were in the valleys.

• The mountains kept out warring tribes.

• Farmers could use tractors and other machinery easily.

• The soil was fertile because of flood deposits and silt.

BONUS:What modern day country is Mesopotamia mostly in?

• India
• Egypt
• China
• Iraq

Has its own government but is not part of any larger unit

• Mesopotamia

• cuneiform

• city-sate

• irrigation

• civilization

A form of writing developed by the people of Sumer

• Mesopotamia

• cuneiform

• city-state

• irrigation

• civilization