Fertile Crescent Quiz

What does the term "Fertile Crescent" refer to?

• A desert region in Africa

• An area in the Middle East with fertile soil

• A mountain range in Asia

• A valley in South America

Which two rivers are mentioned as part of the Fertile Crescent?

• Nile and Amazon

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Yangtze and Ganges

• Mississippi and Missouri

What did the development of civilizations in the Fertile Crescent lead to?

• The invention of the wheel

• The development of written language and laws

• The discovery of electricity

• The creation of modern cities

Which civilizations are mentioned as having developed in the Fertile Crescent?

• Romans and Greeks

• Assyrians and Sumerians

• Mayans and Aztecs

• Vikings and Normans

What was a necessity for people living close to one another in the Fertile Crescent?

• Development of a written language

• Building large castles

• Creating vast road networks

• Mining for precious metals

What did the Fertile Crescent's fertile soil allow people to do?

• Build large ships

• Grow more crops than needed

• Hunt large animals

• Create stone tools

What was one of the reasons for the need to develop laws in the Fertile Crescent?

• To control the weather

• To manage trade and population growth

• To build large monuments

• To explore new lands

What did the Fertile Crescent's development lead to in terms of religion?

• The decline of religious practices

• The beginning of many great religions

• The creation of a single world religion

• The end of all religious beliefs

Which civilization was NOT developed in the Fertile Crescent?

• Sumerians

• Israelites

• Minoans

• Akkadians

What is the Fertile Crescent?

• farming; growing crops and raising livestock

• moving from place to place with no permanent home

• an arch-shaped area in the Middle East from the Persian Gulf through the Tigris and Euphrates River Valleys and along the Mediterranean Sea

• exchanging goods or services with other people