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The Geography of the Fertile Crescent

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Mesopotamia mean?

a)

rich farmland

b)

"between the rivers"

c)

fertile crescent

d)

a messy pot of Amia

2.

What is the fertile crescent?

a)

A large swath of desert extending from the Persian Gulf to the Black Sea.

b)

A large arc of rich farmland extending from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.

c)

A small area where early humans built brick homes.

d)

A skinny moon shaped tool used in early agriculture.

3.

When were farming settlements first in the Mesopotamia?

a)

around 1977

b)

around 1000 AD

c)

around 7000 BC

d)

around 1000 BC

4.

The valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates were the site of the world first civilizations.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Much of what is known as the "fertile crescent" is in modern day...

a)

Iraq

b)

France

c)

Australia

d)

China

6.

Which of the following is a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks?

a)

mulch

b)

salt

c)

silt

d)

sand

7.

When farmers produce a food surplus, that meant they had...

a)

syrup plus some chocolate

b)

a man plus extra money

c)

more food than they needed

d)

a lack of crops

8.

A way of supplying water to an area of land is called...

a)

water

b)

irrigation

c)

flood masters

d)

complex buildings

9.

The type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task is called a _______ __ ________.

a)

task separation plan

b)

division of labor

c)

speciality monitor

d)

jobs chart

10.

When did Mesopotamian settlements first develop into cities?

a)

about 1000 AD

b)

1965 AD

c)

between 2000 and 1000 BC

d)

between 4000 and 3000 BC