Early People to Mesopotamia

Which was NOT a reason people stopped migrating?

• agriculture

• domestication

• canoes

• irrigation

Early people learned to raise animals for milk, meat, and wool and this is called __________________.

• migration

• technology

• specialization of labor

• domestication

Mesopotamia was called ____________________, meaning it was the first civilization.

• Land Between Two River

• Fertile Crescent

• The Cradle of Civilization

• The Agriculture Revolution

Which of the following allowed people to stop migrating and live in cities?

• Irrigation led to a surplus, jobs, and cities

• escaping floods

• worshiping gods led to cities

Which rivers surrounded Mesopotamia?

• Nile and the Tigris

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Indus and Euphrates

• Tigris and Indus

Rivers often flooded leaving behind rich soil with tiny rocks called _______________.

• irrigation

• cuneiform

• surplus

• silt

The worship of many gods is called?

• monotheism

• polytheism

• cuneiform

• agriculture

The city state's most impressive pyramid shaped building was a _____________________________.

• ziggurat

• agriculture

• pyramid

• sphinx

Sumerians believed if there was plenty of rain and the crops grew then

• Yahweh rewarded them

• their gods were happy

• their gods were angry

• the ziggurat was to blame

Women in Sumer usually

• gathered plants

• were priests

• were slaves

• took care of home and children