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Fertile Crescent Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Mesopotamia mean in English?

a)

Rand between two Livers

b)

Fertile Soil in the Desert

c)

Desert Supermarket

d)

Land between two Rivers.

2.

What is the Fertile Crescent?

a)

Secret instructions for farming

b)

Recipe for making French breakfast pastries

c)

Nickname for Mesopotamia

3.

The Tigris and Euphrates are important because...

a)

They were popular swimming spots.

b)

They provided rich soil for farming in Mesopotamia.

c)

They contained water that flowed really fast.

4.

Scribes were...

a)

Professional writers.

b)

Professional artists.

c)

Professional traders.

d)

Professional businessmen.

5.

What is Mesopotamia called today?

a)

Lower West

b)

Middle East

c)

Southern Middle

d)

Upper South

6.

Pick ALL the countries currently in the Middle East.

a)

USA

b)

Israel

c)

Egypt

d)

Oman

e)

Argentina

7.

Which is true about writing in ancient Mesopotamia?

a)

All people wanted to read more books.

b)

Writing was so easy that everyone could do it.

c)

It was used to create shopping lists.

d)

It kept records of important information.

8.

What were the first laws in history called?

a)

Law and Order: Mesopotamia Edition

b)

Hammurabi's Code

c)

Nebuchadnezzar's Neat Rules

d)

Desert Punishments

9.

Nebuchadnezzar II built this Wonder of the World. What is it?

a)

Great Pyramids

b)

Colossus of Rhodes

c)

Lighthouse at Alexandria

d)

Hanging Gardens of Babylon

10.

A made up story explaining peoples' beliefs.

a)

Fairy Tale

b)

Myth

c)

Joke

d)

Saga

11.

First form of writing with lines and wedges.

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Triangles Triangles Triangles

c)

Carve-o-graphy

12.

Pick ALL the countries currently in the Middle East.

a)

Jordan

b)

Iran

c)

Russia

d)

France

e)

Saudi Arabia

13.

A lot of land and people under one government.

a)

City

b)

Country

c)

State

d)

Empire

14.

A city that acts like a country.

a)

Tribe

b)

Township

c)

City-State

d)

County

15.

Assyria, Babylonia, and Sumer were all...

a)

Empires in the Fertile Crescent

b)

Popular religions in ancient Mesopotamia

16.

Which empire was focused on trade and science?

a)

Assyria

b)

Babylonia

c)

Sumer

17.

Why was Babylonia a natural trading spot?

a)

Because the city was popular.

b)

It was located between Assyria and Sumer.

c)

Everyone loved visiting the Hanging Gardens.

18.

Which empire was focused on war and conquering?

a)

Assyria

b)

Babylonia

c)

Sumer

19.

Which group was the first to live in Mesopotamia?

a)

Assyria

b)

Babylonia

c)

Sumer

20.

Name this Assyrian invention.

a)

Sling

b)

Chariot

c)

Iron Weapons

d)

Battering Ram

21.

Name this Assyrian invention.

a)

Sling

b)

Chariot

c)

Iron Weapons

d)

Battering Ram

22.

Name this Assyrian invention.

a)

Sling

b)

Chariot

c)

Iron Weapons

d)

Battering Ram

23.

Fancy word for rich soil found in a river.

a)

Wet Sand

b)

Silt

c)

Ground

d)

Mud

24.

Belief in many gods.

a)

Monotheism

b)

Manygodism

c)

Polytheism

d)

Multipology

25.

Professional trader.

a)

Priest

b)

Noble

c)

Scribe

d)

Merchant

26.

Why was Hammurabi's Code famous?

a)

It was the first system of counting.

b)

It was a popular video game in Mesopotamia.

c)

It was the first written list of laws.

d)

It was a great recipe for making ham.

27.

This type of building was a stairway to the gods.

a)

Pyramid

b)

Wall

c)

Slip-n-slide

d)

Ziggurat

28.

Select all the ways Hammurabi's Code was negative.

a)

Punishments were extremely harsh.

b)

Punishments were not that strict.

c)

There were way too many laws.

d)

Punishments were based on social class.

e)

Laws were based on revenge.

29.

Group of traders traveling together.

a)

Caravan

b)

Mega-Merchants

c)

Travel-Traders

30.

Pick ALL the countries currently in the Middle East.

a)

Iraq

b)

Germany

c)

Syria

d)

Kuwait

e)

Canada