Mesopotamia

A Mesopotamian temple

• pyramid

• Caravan

• Ziggurat

• cathedral

He is given credit for the first set of laws.

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

• priest

Which river is NOT located in the fertile crescent?

• Yellow

• Tigrus

• Euphrates

• Nile

What is labeled #4 on the map?

• Mediterranean Sea

• Black Sea

• Caspian Sea

• Persian Gulf

What invention helped boost the food supply?

• Irrigation

• Wooden plow

• Metallurgy

• Cuneiform

Wedge-shaped writing on clay tablets. First writing system used by ancient people.

• Surplus

• Ziggurat

• Cuneiform

• Irrigation

How did dams, canals, and trenches impact civilization?

• Provided steady water supply

• Provided protection

• Provided wealth

• Provided source of power for leaders

Babylon is the site of the first civilization.

• True

• False

Which of these is

considered one of the world's first empires?

• Assyrian

• Babylonian

• Sumerian

• Akkadian

Sargon is given credit for creating the world's first empire.

• True

• False