WorksheetsThe Geography of the Fertile Crescent
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3hrs 30mins
What does Mesopotamia mean?
rich farmland
"between the rivers"
fertile crescent
a messy pot of Amia
What is the fertile crescent?
A large swath of desert extending from the Persian Gulf to the Black Sea.
A large arc of rich farmland extending from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.
A small area where early humans built brick homes.
A skinny moon shaped tool used in early agriculture.
When were farming settlements first in the Mesopotamia?
around 1977
around 1000 AD
around 7000 BC
around 1000 BC
The valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates were the site of the world first civilizations.
True
False
Much of what is known as the "fertile crescent" is in modern day...
Iraq
France
Australia
China
Which of the following is a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks?
mulch
salt
silt
sand
When farmers produce a food surplus, that meant they had...
syrup plus some chocolate
a man plus extra money
more food than they needed
a lack of crops
A way of supplying water to an area of land is called...
water
irrigation
flood masters
complex buildings
The type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task is called a _______ __ ________.
task separation plan
division of labor
speciality monitor
jobs chart
When did Mesopotamian settlements first develop into cities?
about 1000 AD
1965 AD
between 2000 and 1000 BC
between 4000 and 3000 BC
