
6 BJU Heritage 2.1 Mesopotamia Terms Quiz
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6th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which body of water is this, that flows from the Taurus Mountains through Turkey, Syria, and Iraq to the Persian Gulf; an Eastern border of Mesopotamia?
Euphrates River
Red Sea
Tigris River
Persian Gulf
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which body of water is this, that flows from the Taurus Mountains through Turkey, Syria, and Iraq to the Persian Gulf; an Western border of Mesopotamia?
Euphrates River
Tigris River
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean Sea
3.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 4 pts
Match the following terms with their definitions.
Fertile Crescent
a curved area from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea
Sumer
in ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, Greek = between the rivers
Mesopotamia
one of the first civilizations in Mesopotamia
Ur
a powerful city-state in Sumer
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was an archeologist who, in the 1920s, uncovered many artifacts from Ur and the land of Sumer?
Sir Leonard Woolley
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Abraham
Sir Walter Raleigh
5.
MATCH QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Match the following terms with their definitions.
silt
A way of supplying water to an area of land
surplus
an amount that is more than needed, excess
tell
A city and the surrounding land it controlled
city-state
a mound made up of layered dirt and the remains of buildings
irrigation
a sediment of very fine particles containing rock and minerals that is found at the bottom of bodies of water
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