WorksheetsMesopotamia and The Fertile Crescent
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
1.) The region in southwest Asia and northeast Africa where some of the earliest civilizations began is called the _______.
Middle East
Fertile Crescent
River Region
Western Hemisphere
2.) This region got its name because ____.
it was the place where croissants were invented.
it was a place where people were unable to live because the land wasn't fertile.
it was a place with fertile soil, great farming and was in the shape of a crescent (boomerang).
people lived nomadically (as nomads) in fertile environments. Their tents were decorated with crescent moons.
3.) The two early civilizations that began in the Fertile Crescent were:
China and Rome
Greece and the Mayan Civilizations
India and Bactria
Mesopotamia and Egypt
4.) Which two rivers did the Mesopotamians settle near?
The Nile and the Hudson
The Tigris and Euphrates
The Tiber and the Amazon
The Yangtze and the Mississipi
5.) Mesopotamia is a Greek word that translates in English to mean ____.
The Land Near the Mountains.
The Areas of Agriculture
The Land Between Two Rivers
Land of Amazing Agriculture
6.) Which of the following IS NOT a main reason why people settled near rivers?
Swimming
Agriculture (farming)
Transportation (Traveling)
Trading (buying and selling items with other nations)
7.) Every year the rivers near Mesopotamia flooded. The early people there developed ____ which is a system of canals, levees and gates that helped them to control the flooding. They open the gates when they needed water and closed them when they have enough.
elevation
migration
irrigation
implication
8.) Which of the following best describes the climate (weather and temperature patterns) of Mesopotamia?
Cool and rainy
Hot and arid (really dry)
Frigid and icy
Warm and rainy
9.) Mesopotamia is no longer a civilization. It was where ____ is today.
The United States
Italy
Nigeria
Iraq and Syria
10.) What caused the rivers to flood in Mesopotamia every year?
Monsoons from the Mediterranean Sea
Mountain snow melting and flowing into the rivers.
The dams built along the river only lasted one year at a time.
The two rivers, over time, moved closer and closer together causing them to merge and flood.
