Fertile Crescent Quiz

Fertile Crescent Quiz

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Social Studies

11th Grade

Hard

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GEORGE TREVINO

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the Fertile Crescent also known as?

Birthplace of Democracy

Home of the Gods

Land of the Pharaohs

Cradle of Civilization

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which rivers flow through the heart of the Fertile Crescent?

Tigris and Euphrates

Nile and Amazon

Ganges and Indus

Danube and Rhine

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What script did the Sumerians invent?

Hieroglyphics

Cuneiform

Latin

Runes

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which ancient Mesopotamian city is known for its large stepped pyramids called ziggurats?

Hattusha

Persepolis

Babylon

Ur

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What caused the Fertile Crescent to become less fertile in the 1950s?

Deforestation

Volcanic eruptions

Large-scale irrigation projects

Overgrazing

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which ancient Mesopotamian city was the last major power to fall under Persian control in 539 B.C.?

Eridu

Uruk

Nineveh

Babylon

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the primary reason for the drying up of the Mesopotamian marshes in the 1990s?

Climate change

Overfishing

Construction of dikes and dams by Saddam Hussein

Natural disasters