Chapter #4 - Vocabulary Quiz

What is a city-state?

• A large country

• A small independent city with its own laws and government

• A type of river

• A mountain range

Fill in the blank: In ancient Mesopotamia, each ______ had its own ruler and government.

• river

• city-state

• mountain

• desert

Which river was crucial for the development of ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia?

• Nile

• Amazon

• Euphrates

• Mississippi

Fill in the blank: The ______ River provided water for irrigation and transportation in Mesopotamia.

• Nile

• Euphrates

• Amazon

• Mississippi

What is irrigation?

• A type of plant

• A means of supplying land with water

• A kind of animal

• A mountain range.

Fill in the blank: Farmers in Mesopotamia used ______ to bring water to their fields.

• levees

• irrigation

• silt

• mountains

What is a levee?

• A type of tree

• A wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks

• A kind of fish

• A mountain.

Fill in the blank: Ancient Mesopotamians built ______ to keep the water in check.

• bridges

• levees

• tunnels

• roads

What does Mesopotamia mean?

• Land of the mountains

• Between the rivers

• Desert land

• Land of the forests

Fill in the blank: ______ was the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

• Greece

• Rome