Mesopotamia and The Fertile Crescent

1.) The region in southwest Asia and northeast Africa where some of the earliest civilizations began is called the _______.

• Middle East

• Fertile Crescent

• River Region

• Western Hemisphere

2.) This region got its name because ____.

• it was the place where croissants were invented.

• it was a place where people were unable to live because the land wasn't fertile.

• it was a place with fertile soil, great farming and was in the shape of a crescent (boomerang).

• people lived nomadically (as nomads) in fertile environments. Their tents were decorated with crescent moons.

3.) The two early civilizations that began in the Fertile Crescent were:

• China and Rome

• Greece and the Mayan Civilizations

• India and Bactria

• Mesopotamia and Egypt

4.) Which two rivers did the Mesopotamians settle near?

• The Nile and the Hudson

• The Tigris and Euphrates

• The Tiber and the Amazon

• The Yangtze and the Mississipi

5.) Mesopotamia is a Greek word that translates in English to mean ____. 

• The Land Near the Mountains.

• The Areas of Agriculture

• The Land Between Two Rivers

• Land of Amazing Agriculture

6.) Which of the following IS NOT a main reason why people settled near rivers?

• Swimming

• Agriculture (farming)

• Transportation (Traveling)

• Trading (buying and selling items with other nations)

7.) Every year the rivers near Mesopotamia flooded. The early people there developed ____ which is a system of canals, levees and gates that helped them to control the flooding. They open the gates when they needed water and closed them when they have enough.

• elevation

• migration

• irrigation

• implication

8.) Which of the following best describes the climate (weather and temperature patterns) of Mesopotamia?

• Cool and rainy

• Hot and arid (really dry)

• Frigid and icy

• Warm and rainy

9.) Mesopotamia is no longer a civilization. It was  where ____ is today. 

• The United States

• Italy

• Nigeria

• Iraq and Syria

10.) What caused the rivers to flood in Mesopotamia every year?

• Monsoons from the Mediterranean Sea

• Mountain snow melting and flowing into the rivers.

• The dams built along the river only lasted one year at a time.

• The two rivers, over time, moved closer and closer together causing them to merge and flood.