Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia means the land between two what?

• Mountains

• Rivers

• Seas

• Valleys

The fertile crescent is a region that extends from Persian Gulf along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and ends along the coast of what sea?

• The Aegean

• The Mediterranean

• The Adriatic

• The Dead Sea

Floods that come through the land between two rivers bring large amounts of what substance to enrich the soil in the land?

• Clay

• Rocks

• Silt

• Pebbles

A system of controlling the flow and direction of water is called

• Water Holing

• Water Diffusion

• Irrigation

• Precipitation

An invention of Mesopotamia that involved taking a large piece of wood or metal and shaping it so you could move dirt and make use of fields.

• Shovel

• Plow

• Rake

• Harrow

One of the most crucial inventions in Sumer was that of the ________, which allowed for people to transport larger quantities of material in carts.

• Box

• Pot

• Wheel

• Anchor

One of the greatest city-states of Sumer also the capital of the Empire of Ur.

• Uruk

• Umma

• Ur

• Ubaid

A large religious structure of Mesopotamia usually located in the center of the city.

• Mosque

• Zarahemla

• Ziggurat

• Synagogue

One of the largest Ziggurats often named the "Mountain of the Gods" was located in what ancient city.

• Ur

• Uruk

• Kish

• Nippur

One Ziggurat from history is also recorded in the Hebrew bible as a tower to heaven, who constructed this ziggurat?

• Persians

• Assyrians

• Akkadians

• Babylonians