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Fertile Crescent Vocabulary

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a religion with many gods?

a)

Monotheism

b)

Polytheism

c)

Matriarchy

d)

Patriarchy

2.

What is the spread of one culture into another?

a)

city-state

b)

cultural appropriation

c)

cultural diffusion

d)

irrigation

3.

What is a dynasty?

a)

A line of rulers from the same family.

b)

A line of rulers who conquered one another.

c)

A line of rulers from neighboring countries.

d)

A line of rulers to measure a long distance.

4.

What is a country completely contained within one city?

a)

Empire

b)

Dynasty

c)

City-State

d)

Ziggurat

5.

What is a civilization in which men have the control of the governing decisions?

a)

Patriarchy

b)

Matriarchy

c)

Monotheism

d)

Polytheism

6.

Who is in control of the government in a matriarchy?

a)

Only Men

b)

Only Women

c)

Men and Women

d)

Men or Women

7.

What is a system of bringing water into a dry area for the purpose of growing crops?

a)

Ziggurat

b)

Irrigation

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Dynasty

8.

What is a group of people over a large area of land controlled by one person?

a)

Patriarchy

b)

Matriarchy

c)

Dynasty

d)

Empire

9.

What is a system of written language in which words are represented by symbols?

a)

English

b)

Irrigation

c)

Ziggurat

d)

Cuneiform

10.

What is monotheism?

a)

A religion with a belief in only one god.

b)

A religion with a belief in many gods.

c)

A government controlled by men.

d)

A government controlled by women.

11.

What is a ziggurat?

a)

A place of worship built in a step-like shape.

b)

A tomb for dead kings.

c)

A place where the king lived.

d)

A place of worship built in a smooth, triangle shape.

12.

What was the Fertile Crescent?

a)

An arch-shaped piece of land in the Middle East stretching from Mesopotamia to Egypt that was good for growing crops.

b)

An arch-shaped piece of land in Africa stretching from Mesopotamia to Egypt that was good for growing crops.

c)

An arch-shaped piece of land in the Middle East stretching from Turkey to Egypt that was good for growing crops.

d)

An arch-shaped piece of land in the Middle East stretching from Mesopotamia to Egypt that was bad for growing crops.