Mesopotamian civilization

What does it mean Mesopotamia?

• Old Civilization

• In the middle of history

• Between rivers

• Middle Stone Age

Which two rivers were important in Mesopotamia?

• Euphrates and Nile

• Euphrates and Tigris

• Besòs and Llobregat

• Tigris and Ebre

Early Mesopotamian farmers discovered ___________ or ways to move water across land.

• Terraces

• Agriculture

• Irrigation

Mesopotamia was settled around the year _____ BCE.

• 5000

• 500

• 50

• 5

Mesopotamia means

• the land between three rivers

• the land between two lakes

• the land between two rivers

• the land around two rivers

City-states are

• cities

• small ancient cities

• cities that are bigger than a state

• large cities grouped together but run independently

What is the first known form of writing?

• Sanskrit

• Hieroglyphics

• cuneiform

Which two rivers surrounded Mesopotamia?

• Tigris and the Nile

• Nile and the Euphrates

• Tigris and the Euphrates

What was the first ancient Mesopotamian city?

• Babylon

• Assur

• Uruk

• Akkad

Ancient Mesopotamian temples were called...

• Shrines

• Ziggurats

• Pyramids

• Cathedrals