WorksheetsAncient Mesopotamia
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What does Mesopotamia mean?
land between rivers
land between mountains
land between seas
land between valleys
What do you call the crescent-shaped area in the Middle East where the first civilizations developed?
Fantastic Crescent
Free Crescent
Fertile Crescent
Futile Crescent
What were the people like before they settled in Mesopotamia?
They were educated.
They were farmers.
They were nomads.
They were homebodies.
What was the first known civilization in Mesopotamia?
Assyrian
Sumerian
Babylonian
Akkadian
What made the Sumerians decide to settle in one place?
access to money
access to transportation
access to food
access to clothing
What caused the Fertile Crescent to be no longer fertile?
large irrigation projects
big housing projects
intense heat
flood
What jobs did the early people have before they became farmers?
traders and hunters
hunters and farmers
hunters and gatherers
traders and farmers
Why is access to water important for people in the ancient times?
Water is needed for building houses.
Water is needed for growing food.
Water is needed as medicine.
Water is needed to bathe the animals.
What rivers surround Ancient Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Nile
Nile and Seine River
Tigris and Euphrates
Euphrates and Pacific
Ancient Mesopotamia is now known as modern-day _______.
Kuwait
Dubai
Iraq
Israel
