WorksheetsTopic 2 The Fertile Crescent Assessment
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Mesopotamian farmers used irrigation and dams to produce a food ________, or additional crops for later use.
a)
1. surplus
b)
2. famine
c)
3. storage
d)
4. harvest
2.
How did Sargon build the first empire in Mesopotamia?
a)
1. He overthrew the Assyrian king ruling his land.
b)
2. He conquered Sumer’s weakened city-states.
c)
3. He sent his armies west to take Syria.
d)
4. He built ships to send troops down the region’s rivers.
3.
What geographic feature of Mesopotamia promoted the growth of civilization?
a)
1. The location near the Mediterranean Sea promoted trade with other lands.
b)
2. The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers brought water and fertile soil for farming.
c)
3. The river valleys protected the people from being conquered.
d)
4. The location in the Fertile Crescent provided rainfall year-round.
4.
Sumerians had a belief system known as ________ in which they worshipped multiple gods.
a)
1. monotheism
b)
2. polytheism
c)
3. atheism
d)
4. animism
5.
A _______ was a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top to honor the city-state’s chief god.
a)
1. ziggurat
b)
2. obelisk
c)
3. pyramid
d)
4. temple
6.
Which is the correct order of developments in Mesopotamian civilizations, starting with the earliest?
a)
1. food surplus, irrigation, specialization
b)
2. specialization, irrigation, food surplus
c)
3. herding, irrigation, specialization
d)
4. irrigation, food surplus, specialization
7.
Sargon ruled Akkad and conquered Sumerian city-states to form the world’s first ________.
a)
1. kingdom
b)
2. republic
c)
3. empire
d)
4. dynasty
8.
Which is the correct chronological order of Fertile Crescent empires?
a)
1. Akkadian, Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Phoenician
b)
2. Assyrian, Akkadian, Phoenician, Neo-Babylonian
c)
3. Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Akkadian, Phoenician
d)
4. Neo-Babylonian, Akkadian, Assyrian, Phoenician
9.
Akkadian rulers forced people to make payments called ________ to the ruler to show submission.
a)
1. tax
b)
2. tribute
c)
3. rent
d)
4. offering
10.
What important contribution did the Phoenicians make to later civilizations?
a)
1. learning to sail ships
b)
2. making colored dyes
c)
3. coining money
d)
4. developing the alphabet
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