Worksheetsacademic bowl practice
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Below the surface of Mesopotamia is a large concentration of what that makes farming harder?
alluvium
salt
clay
mud
other
As water brought from the rivers evaporated from the fields, what did it leave behind?
mud
gold
mineral salts
alluvium
other
Which part of Mesopotamia required large scale irrigation works
eastern
northern
western
southern
other
Which part of Mesopotamia had more favorable agricultural conditions?
eastern
northern
western
southern
Which part of Mesopotamia required large scale irrigation works?
western
southern
northern
eastern
other
How long is the Euphrates River?
2800
2500
2000
1900
How long is the Tigris River?
2800
2500
2000
1900
What does pluvio-nival mean?
grass fed
rain and snow fed
fluctuating temperature
fluctuating terrain
other
during what season does baseflow occur?
fall
winter
spring
summer
In antiquity, the delta did not reach so far south because it was created slowly by deposits of -------------?
mud
clay
alluvium
mineral salts
on average, how long does the dry season in the North last?
nine months
six months
seven months
eight months
What crop flourished in Mesopotamia's hot climates and saline soil?
dates
corn
cotton
beans
When did the first archaeological signs of irrigation appear?
4000
4500
1200
6000
Which of the following is not a constellation that is credited to Mesopotamian astronomy?
leo
taurus
virgo
gemini
orientation of the ------------- was used to mark seasons for harvestion.
moon
sun
constellation
venus
What kind of eclipse were Mesopotamians able to predict by following a method that made future predictions based on past observations?
solar
partial
annular
lunar
Mesopotamians viewed astronomical omens as -------.
unavoidable
preventable
inescapable
fated
What kind of astronomical phenomena was seen as the most dangerous?
shooting star
lunar eclipse
solar eclipse
new moon
the Mesopotamians created a calendar that was based off which of the following?
sun
moon
mercury
venus
which of the following was not an animal that first became domesticated in mesopotamia
sheep
pig
horse
goat
The sumerians built huge embarkments and irrigation ditches along which river?
Euphrates
Diyala
Shatt al-Arab
Tigris
other
Which environmental phenomenon is believed to be the reason early Mesopotamian civilizations fell?
flooding
fluctuating temperatures
excessive dryness
Extreme salivation
not listed
What makes the beginning of the season when fallow land was washed to cleanse the soil of salt and impurities
automn equinox
spring equinox
winter equinox
summer equinox
Which animal was extremely important for Mesopotamia as it provided many resources.
cattle
goat
sheep
pig
The use of milk products didn't take place until when?
4000BC
5000BC
4000AD
5000AD
