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WorksheetsFertile Crescent Review
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
What does Mesopotamia mean in English?
Rand between two Livers
Fertile Soil in the Desert
Desert Supermarket
Land between two Rivers.
What is the Fertile Crescent?
Secret instructions for farming
Recipe for making French breakfast pastries
Nickname for Mesopotamia
The Tigris and Euphrates are important because...
They were popular swimming spots.
They provided rich soil for farming in Mesopotamia.
They contained water that flowed really fast.
Scribes were...
Professional writers.
Professional artists.
Professional traders.
Professional businessmen.
What is Mesopotamia called today?
Lower West
Middle East
Southern Middle
Upper South
Pick ALL the countries currently in the Middle East.
USA
Israel
Egypt
Oman
Argentina
Which is true about writing in ancient Mesopotamia?
All people wanted to read more books.
Writing was so easy that everyone could do it.
It was used to create shopping lists.
It kept records of important information.
What were the first laws in history called?
Law and Order: Mesopotamia Edition
Hammurabi's Code
Nebuchadnezzar's Neat Rules
Desert Punishments
Nebuchadnezzar II built this Wonder of the World. What is it?
Great Pyramids
Colossus of Rhodes
Lighthouse at Alexandria
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
A made up story explaining peoples' beliefs.
Fairy Tale
Myth
Joke
Saga
First form of writing with lines and wedges.
Cuneiform
Triangles Triangles Triangles
Carve-o-graphy
Pick ALL the countries currently in the Middle East.
Jordan
Iran
Russia
France
Saudi Arabia
A lot of land and people under one government.
City
Country
State
Empire
A city that acts like a country.
Tribe
Township
City-State
County
Assyria, Babylonia, and Sumer were all...
Empires in the Fertile Crescent
Popular religions in ancient Mesopotamia
Which empire was focused on trade and science?
Assyria
Babylonia
Sumer
Why was Babylonia a natural trading spot?
Because the city was popular.
It was located between Assyria and Sumer.
Everyone loved visiting the Hanging Gardens.
Which empire was focused on war and conquering?
Assyria
Babylonia
Sumer
Which group was the first to live in Mesopotamia?
Assyria
Babylonia
Sumer
Name this Assyrian invention.
Sling
Chariot
Iron Weapons
Battering Ram
Name this Assyrian invention.
Sling
Chariot
Iron Weapons
Battering Ram
Name this Assyrian invention.
Sling
Chariot
Iron Weapons
Battering Ram
Fancy word for rich soil found in a river.
Wet Sand
Silt
Ground
Mud
Belief in many gods.
Monotheism
Manygodism
Polytheism
Multipology
Professional trader.
Priest
Noble
Scribe
Merchant
Why was Hammurabi's Code famous?
It was the first system of counting.
It was a popular video game in Mesopotamia.
It was the first written list of laws.
It was a great recipe for making ham.
This type of building was a stairway to the gods.
Pyramid
Wall
Slip-n-slide
Ziggurat
Select all the ways Hammurabi's Code was negative.
Punishments were extremely harsh.
Punishments were not that strict.
There were way too many laws.
Punishments were based on social class.
Laws were based on revenge.
Group of traders traveling together.
Caravan
Mega-Merchants
Travel-Traders
Pick ALL the countries currently in the Middle East.
Iraq
Germany
Syria
Kuwait
Canada
