Southwest Asia and North Africa 1

What two rivers formed the fertile crescent?

• Nile and Euphrates

• Euphrates and Tigris

• Tigris and Nile

• Nile and Niger

The method of getting water to farmland without having to wait for rain is called

• aquifer

• qanat

• aqueduct

• irrigation

What people became the first miltiary power in history?

• Babylonians

• Assyrians

• Mesopatamians

• Moors

The earliest known civilization was ...

• Mesopotamia

• Akkad

• Sumer

• Babylon

Each city-state had its own ruler, special god and ...

• army

• navy

• capital

• ziggurat

The earliest known form of writing was...

• Sanscript

• Hieroglyphics

• Latin

• Cunieform

Egyptian civilization began 5,000 years ago on this river.

• Tigris

• Nile

• Euphrates

• Zambezi

What direction does the Nile River flow?

• North

• South

• East

• West

What is a cataract?

• River

• Mountain

• Waterfall

• Qanat

Which city has never been a capital of Egypt?

• Thebes

• Jerusalem

• Memphis

• Cairo