The Fertile Crescent

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Objective: answer at least 14 questions correctly. You are only allowed to answer each question once. JavaScript required!

1. A long period of dry weather is called a ____ .

flood
drought
climate
hurricane

2. Temples built by the Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshipped were called ____ .

towers
cuneiforms
pyramids
ziggurats

3. The trade of one product for another without using money is called ____ .

barter
business
legacy
specialization

4. A self-governing city and its surrounding lands is called ____ .

an open city
a government
a city-state
a society

5. Belief in many gods is called ____ .

Judaism
tradition
monotheism
polytheism

6. The religion of the ancient Hebrews differed from other Middle Eastern religions because it was based on a belief in ____ .

one God
no god
many gods
animal gods

7. The mesopotamians tamed the tigris and Euphrates rivers by ____ .

constructing dams and bridges
building canals and dikes
laying pipes and sprinklers
digging artificial lakes

8. Before they conquered Mesopotamia, the Babylonians were ____ .

farmers
nomads
sailors
enslaved

9. In the Greek language the name Mesopotamia means ____ .

land between two rivers
land of many waters
land where the rivers meet
land that reaches to the sea

10. The Fertile Crescent got its name because it ____ .

produces more food than any other region in the world
has rich soil and is shaped like a quarter moon
extends between two major rivers, the Tigris and the Euphrates
begins along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea

11. Like the Egyptians of the Nile River Valley, Mesopotamian farmers met the challenge of a dry climate by ____ .

irrigating their fields
trading for water
planting thousands of trees
moving closer to the sea

12. The Code of Hammurabi was the world's first effort to ____ .

reclaim flooded lands
develop a system of trade
write down the laws
design elaborate temples

13. The Sumerians invented a system of writing called ____ .

scribes
hieroglyphics
stylus
cuneiform

14. During the time that Hammurabi ruled Mesopotamia, the great leader of the Hebrews was ____ .

Moses
Cleopatra
Abraham
Sumer

15. In Mesopotamia, as in the Nile River Valley, frequent floods ____ .

washed away the land
left rich silt deposits
created new lakes and rivers
changed the climate

16. Hebrew law governing religious belief and behavior was based on ____ .

the Ten Commandments
the Code of Hammurabi
the Proverbs of Solomon
the Rosetta Stone

17. In all early civilizations, writing was considered a ____ .

business need
useless skill
magical power
common practice

18. The Babylonians built a magnificent palace known as the ____ .

Great Pyramid
Parthenon
Temple of Zeus
Hanging Gardens

19. Unlike the Egyptians pharaohs, Sumerian rulers were ____ .

not considered important
not worshiped as gods
unconcerned with trade
prevented from making laws

20. The Code of Hammurabi stated that anyone who injured another person should ____ .

apologize to the whole community
give up all right to property
receive the same injury in return
pray for complete forgiveness

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