Mesopotamia Check in- 1

What two rivers is Mesopotamia located between?

• Amazon and Indus

• Euphrates and Nile

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Tigris and Amazon

Because civilization began here, Mesopotamia is also called the...

• Homeland

• Fertile Area

• Cradle of Civilization

• Fertile Cradle

Sumer believed in many gods and built temples called....

• Pyramids

• They did not build temples

• Chapels

• Ziggurats

They built temples in the middle of the city.

• True

• False

The Tigris & Euphrates flooded.....

• Unpredictably

• Predictably

What was the main benefit provided by the floods in ancient Mesopotamia?

• highly fertile soil
• strong natural defenses
• removal of waste-generated pollution
• a steady supply of fresh drinking water

Where is Mesopotamia located?

• In Europe

• In the Middle East

• In South America

• in North America

Mesopotamia means "land between the _____________"

• Lakes

• Oceans

• Rivers

• Mountains

What is the name for the material that was found at the river's bottom that made the land very fertile?

• Sod

• Silt

• Miracle grow

• Mud

This picture shows an area known as the..

• Farming Curve
• Fertile Crescent
• Green C
• Fertile Curve