WorksheetsUnit 2 Topic 1
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 16mins
Why do they call it the Fertile Crescent?
because the women had a lot of babies
because the animals had a lot of babies
because the moon was in a crescent form all of the time
The land was fertile and shaped like a crescent moon.
Who were considered the first civilized people?
the Egyptians
the Babylonians
the Americans
the Sumerians
What is cuneiform?
the first writing system
a game made with cubes
the first written law
a seal
What was the primary reason that civilization first developed in Mesopotamia?
Important centers of learning were in the valleys.
The mountains kept out warring tribes.
Farmers could use tractors and other machinery easily.
The soil was fertile because of flood deposits and silt.
Mesopotamia was located in an AREA with nutrient-rich soil that was great for farming. That AREA of LAND was called?
The Flooded Plain
The Fertile Crescent
The Great Plains
The Delta
What does Mesopotamia mean?
"the land between the rivers"
"the land between the trees"
"the land between the seas"
"the land between the floods"
8. The rivers would flood every Spring and deposit ________which is soil and rock carried by the water.
silt
dirt
flood water
levees
How did Mesopotamians exchange goods and services?
They had money that they used to buy and sell goods and services to each other.
They did not have money yet, so they bartered (traded) goods and services with each other.
What helped Mesopotamia's agriculture thrive?
flooding and mild weather
Irrigation and fertile soil
iron tools and sandy coasts
bronze tools and canals
How did the adoption of farming lead to villages, and cities?
Farming meant that people were able to settle in the villages. Villages grew into cities with complex cultures.
Farming meant that people were NOT able to settle in the villages. Villages grew into cities with simple cultures.
Farming meant that people were able to sell villages.
Farming meant that people were going crazy and giving food away
What describes the humans of the fertile crescent's appetite?
They ate very little
Big eaters
Did not eat
Only ate when the sun went down
What is the difference between Prehistoric society and Mesopotamian society?
Prehistoric people were hunter gatherers, Mesopotamian people were farmers.
Prehistoric people did not leave written history, Mesopotamian people left extensive writings.
Prehistoric people made artwork primarily about animals, Mesopotamian people made art about many subjects.
Prehistoric people were nomads, Mesopotamian people built cities and lived in them.
All of these
Which of these are Mesopotamian inventions?
The wheel
The plow
The alphabet
All of them
