Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent Quiz

What is a nomad?

• A person who has a permanent home

• A person who travels in search of food and safety

• A person who lives in one place for their entire life

• A person who only travels for leisure

Which two rivers are mentioned as part of the Fertile Crescent?

• Nile and Amazon

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Mississippi and Missouri

• Yangtze and Ganges

Which civilization is known to have developed one of the first in Mesopotamia?

• Romans

• Greeks

• Sumerians

• Egyptians

Give me an example of a Natural Boundary

What is the significance of the Fertile Crescent?

• It is a desert region

• It is a rich food-growing area

• It is a mountainous region

• It is a barren land

Who formed a centralized government in Mesopotamia around 1770 BCE?

• Babylon

• Nebuchadnezzar
• Neanderthal

• Hammurabi

How many laws did King Hammurabi have

What are Indus Seals and what are they used for ?

King Hammurabi is famous for creating one of the first sets of written laws, called Hammurabi’s Code. These laws told people how to behave and what punishments they would face if they broke the rules. Imagine you lived under Hammurabi’s laws—would you think they were fair?