Mesopotamia

The people of Mesopotamia invented all of the following, EXCEPT _________

• irrigation system

• iron wheel

• cuneiform

• roadways

Mesopotamia first developed about ______

• 3000 BC

• 5000 BC

• 3000 AD

• 1500BC

The two rivers that were vital to the development of Mesopotamia were called: __________

• Euphrates & Nile River

• Euphrates & Tigris River

• Polytheism & Tigris River

• Euphrates & Tiger River

Mesopotamia means "__________"

• "The holy land"

• "The civilization of Fertile Crescent"

• "The land between the rivers"

• "First civilization of America"

The Euphrates & Tigris river flow southest from the mountains of Asia to the _____________

• Chesapeake Bay

• Europe

• Persian Gulf

• Africa

The first settlers of Mesopotamia were _________

• Donkeys & Camels

• Henry Hudson's travelers

• Japanese

• Hunter and Gatherers

Flooded rivers were filled with __________, which provided good soil for the farmers.

• materials

• crops

• water

• silt

The Mesopotamians dug canals that let water flow from a water source to their fields. This method was called:

• settlements

• civilization

• cuneiform

• irrigation

This group of people built the first cities in Southwest, Asia.

• Sumerians

• Mesopotamians

• Egyptians

• Hammurabi

The belief in more than one god is called:

• Sumer

• Holy World

• Monotheism

• Polytheism