Mesopotamia

Which of the following is NOT one of the key characteristics of civilizations?

• cities

• record keeping/writing

• advanced technology

• use of wood and stone tools

Which natural geographic feature was most important to the development of the early river valley civilizations?

• vast deserts

• high mountains

• smooth coast lines

• fertile soil

What does “Mesopotamia” mean?

• Land between rivers

• The swift river

• The first civilization

• Land of many rivers

Mesopotamia lies between these two rivers?

• Nile and Tigris

• Nile and Indus

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Indus and Nile

What is a way of supplying water to land or crops?

• irrigation

• epic

• phalanx

When it flooded, what was left behind?

• surplus

• irrigation

• silt

• mud

What two inventions are from Mesopotamia?

• wheel and sailboat

• wheel and anchor

• pole and sailboat

• tractor and car

A belief in many gods

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Ziggurats

• Rituals

This earliest form of writing was developed in Mesopotamia.

• Hieroglypics

• Cuneiform

• Latin

• English

What was the primary purpose of cuneiform writing?

• sending letters

• keeping receipts of transactions

• writing history

• poems, literature, and plays