Worksheets6th Grade Topic 2 Peoples of the Fertile Crescent
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the Fertile Crescent?
a region with good conditions for growing crops.
it is a city in Mesopotamia.
What is a city-state?
an independent state that includes a city and its surrounding territory
a bunch of cities within a state
What is barter?
a trading system in which people exchanged goods directly without using money
it was an ancient tool used by ancient civilizations
What is Monotheism?
The belief in one God
The belief in many gods.
What was the very first ancient system of writing?
The alphabet
Cuneiform
Sumerians made improvements to farming, such as inventing the seed plow.
True
False
Who was responsible for creating 60 minutes, 60 seconds, and a 12 month year?
Akkadians
Sumerians
What is Polytheism?
the belief in one God
The belief in several gods
What is an import?
a good made in one country and then sold to another country. (USA made products sold to China).
a good or service that is sold within a country that was made in another country. (Things that say “Made in China”)
An empire is ....
a person who ruled
a state containing several countries or territories
What is Mesopotamia?
an ancient God
a wide, flat plain in between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Through trading, Akkadians were able to get the things they needed because those things weren't available in their area.
False
True
A colony is ....
an army ruled by a king
an area ruled by a distant country
Who created a 22 symbol alphabet, each symbol represented its own sound, making the writing system much easier?
Babylonians
Phoenicians
What is an export?
a good made in one country and then sold to another country. (USA made products sold to China).
a good or service that is sold within a country that was made in another country. (Things that say “Made in China”)
