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Fertile Crescent Review

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the large area of rich farmland called that is located in Southwest Asia?

a)

Fertile Crescent

b)

Babylon

c)

The Great River Valley

d)

The First Civilization

2.

What did people do BEFORE settling in the Fertile Crescent?

a)

Hunters and gatherers

b)

crafters

c)

farmers

d)

laborors

3.

What word means "between the rivers" in Greek?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Persia

c)

Asia Minor

d)

Neolithic

4.

Mesopotamia was located between what TWO rivers?

a)

Tigris

b)

Euphrates

c)

Nile

d)

Persian

5.

Why did early people settle in the Fertile Crescent?

a)

the soil was good for farming

b)

to get away from their enemies

c)

they were fishermen

d)

their ancestors were from there

6.

Annual flooding made the soil rich and ideal for farming. What is this type of soil called?

a)

silt

b)

clay

c)

sand

d)

mud

7.

Why did villages begin growing and eventually become an early civilization?

a)

there was plenty of food

b)

they had a large army

c)

there was a great drought

d)

people began making tools

8.

What are some features of a civilization? (select ALL that apply)

a)

education

b)

art

c)

writing

d)

hunting

e)

government

9.

What did farmers invent in order to help keep their crops watered?

a)

irrigation system

b)

river banks

c)

surplus

d)

silt

10.

What did early farmers have to make in order to get water from the rivers to their fields?

a)

canals

b)

tunnels

c)

aqueducts

d)

levees

11.

Due to using irrigation for their crops, farmers soon had an increased amount of food. This is called a ____________.

a)

surplus

b)

canal

c)

division of labor

d)

famine

12.

When workers specialize in a specific task it is called _____________.

a)

division of labor

b)

a civilization

c)

architecture

d)

surplus

13.

What began forming as villages and settlements continued to grow in size?

a)

cities

b)

division of labor

c)

more silt

d)

surplus