WorksheetsFertile Crescent
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Ancient Mesopotamia existed between what two rivers?
a)
Tigris and Nile
b)
Euphrates and Nile
c)
Amazon and Nile
d)
Tigris and Euphrates
2.
A ________ is a half moon shape.
a)
Circle
b)
Diameter
c)
Crescent
d)
Sphere
3.
_______ means "land between two rivers."
a)
Crescent
b)
Euphrates
c)
Tigris
d)
Mesopotamia
4.
The first ______ communities were in the Middle East.
a)
farming
b)
trading
c)
writing
d)
civilized
5.
The areas between Mesopotamia, Canaan, and Egypt were mostly ______.
a)
forest
b)
desert
c)
ocean
d)
fertile
6.
_________ was first used in Mesopotamia, which helped give them a surplus of food.
a)
Wind
b)
Irrigation
c)
Sickles
d)
Shovels
7.
Each city-state had it's own ________.
a)
farms
b)
animals
c)
food
d)
government
8.
Trade in the Fertile Crescent represented a _____ economy.
a)
traditional
b)
communist
c)
capatilist
d)
mixed
9.
The _____ aided the people of the Fertile Crescent in trade.
a)
wheel
b)
donkey
c)
irrigation system
d)
coin
10.
Ur was an example of a _____ in Mesopotamia.
a)
village
b)
town
c)
city-state
d)
empire
11.
Mesopotamia means "Land between two _____"
a)
worlds
b)
deserts
c)
mountains
d)
rivers
12.
Most ancient civilizations were ______.
a)
monotheistic
b)
polytheistic
c)
atheistic
d)
dualtheistic
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