Ancient Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia means...

• Land of the oceans

• Land between the rivers

• Fertile Crescent

• Farmland on the Tigris

Floods deposited rich soil which made the farmland...

• rocky

• fertile

• dry

• barren

Ancient Sumerian form of writing

• Hieroglyphics

• Chinese

• Cuneiform

• Hebrew

A society that has cities, government, and specialized workers is called a....

• city

• empire

• farming village

• civilization

Sumerians were polytheistic which means they believed in...

• many gods

• no gods

• one god

• monotheism

What is the significance of Hammurabi's code?

• It was based on oral traditions

• Babylonia ruled the ancient world

• The laws treated everyone the same

• It was the first written law code

The large temples that were built to honor the gods of Mesopotamia are...

• Pyramids

• Ziggurats

• Temples

• Acropolis

How did the rivers help trade in ancient civilizations

• they flooded the fields every year

• they provided a lot of fish

• they formed natural barriers between countries

• boats carrying good could travel up and down them.

The process of moving water from one location to another in order to water crops is known as

• fertilizing

• irrigation

• agriculture

• domesitcation

Why is Mesopotamia referred to as the fertile crescent?

• the region has glaciers

• the region has barren tundra

• the region has rich farmland

• the region has deep canyons