Review Friday, 1/12/2024

The two rivers that defined the civilization of Mesopotamia were called __

• The Tigris & Euphrates
• The Nile & Mississippi
• The Tigris & Nile
• There weren't rivers

There is no country of Mesopotamia today. Today you would have to visit these countries:

• Iraq, Iran, Syria, Turkey

• Texas & Arkansas

• Afghanistan & Israel

• England and France

Many ancient people believed in more than one god. This is called ________

• Confucianism

• polytheism

• monotheism

• Narnia

The first written language from Sumer was _______.

• papyrus

• cuneiform

• Sanskrit

• hieroglyphs

An ancient temple found in Mesopotamia was the _____.

• pyramid

• sphinx

• Colosseum

• ziggurat

The name Mesopotamia means __________.

• the land between two rivers

• the first land

• land near the river

• land good for farming

What were people called who were trained to write?

• monotheistic

• farmers

• nobles

• scribes

This picture shows an area known as the..

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

Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops 

• irrigation
• nomads
• ziggurat
• scribes

The study of locations on Earth. What physical features and natural resources are present and how do these effect the lives of the humans living there?

• Religion

• Politics

• Geography

• Economics