The Fertile Crescent

pyramid-shaped brick temples

• pyramids

• apartments

• castles

• ziggurats

system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for ideas or things

• hieroglyphs
• cave paintings
• alphabetic monograms
• cuneiform

This picture shows an area known as the..

• Farming Curve
• Fertile Crescent
• Green C
• Fertile Curve

Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?

• the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
• the Tigris and the Persian Gulf
• the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates
• the Euphrates and the Tigris

"the land between the rivers"; an early civilization between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• China
• India
• Egypt
• Mesopotamia

Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery are called

• priests
• artisans
• scribes 
• heroes

Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?

• Hammurabi
• Gilgamesh
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Ninevah

What modern day country is Mesopotamia mostly in?

• India
• Egypt
• China
• Iraq

Which of the following geographical features was most important in the development of ancient civilizations?

• mountains

• deserts

• rivers

• grasslands

Why do river valleys give rise to civilizations?

• River travel supports a nomadic lifestyle.

• River valleys provided fertile areas of agriculture.

• River valleys made it easy for invaders to attack.

• River valleys created a challenge for raising livestock.