Mesopotamia Geography
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- 1.What does Mesopotamia mean?
- A.
The Land of 1000 Dances.
- B.
The Land of Scarce Water
- C.
The Land Between the Rivers
- D.
The Land of the First Civilization
- E.
The Land of the First Inventions
- 2.What is geography?
- A.
Geography is the study of how humans interact with their environment.
- B.
Geography is the third level of Halo.
- C.
Geography is the 'G' in GPS.
- D.
Geography is the study of "natural barriers."
- 3.Which of those listed below are Mesopotamia's natural barriers?
- A.
The Zagros Mountains & the Persian Gulf
- B.
The Black Sea and Caspian Sea
- C.
The Taurus and Sumerian Deserts
- D.
The Tigris & Euphrates Rivers
- 4.Which modern country occupies the place where Mesopotamia existed?
- A.
Iraq
- B.
Iran
- C.
Persia
- D.
Baghdad
- 5.Which best describes "the land between the rivers?"
- A.
Mesopotamia is mostly desert.
- B.
Mesopotamia is where farming began.
- C.
Mesopotamia is rich in natural resources.
- D.
Mesopotamia is where the Legend of Sleepy River takes place.
- 6.Which best describes Mesopotamia’s location on a map?
- A.
Mesopotamia sits at the intersection of Europe, Asia and Africa.
- B.
Mesopotamia sits between east and west.
- C.
Mesopotamia was near everything in the ancient world.
- D.
Mesopotamia is always on the front of a map.
- 7.Why did Mesopotamia’s early settlers build communities near the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
- A.
The rivers made the soil good for growing crops.
- B.
That is where the best schools were.
- C.
The people who already lived there were not a threat.
- D.
The rivers made the landscape pleasing to wake up to.
- 8.What is irrigation?
- A.
Irrigation is a system of canals leading from the rivers to the fields
- B.
Irrigation is movement from one place to another for the purpose of settlement.
- C.
Irrigation is a minor annoyance.
- D.
Irrigation is the study of early settlement patterns.
- 9.How did irrigation help the early settlers of Mesopotamia?
- A.
With irrigation, people turned from being controlled by the environment to being able to change their environment.
- B.
Irrigation led to robust agriculture that supported the development of cities.
- C.
Irrigation led to water shortages down river from settlements.
- D.
Irrigation led to the invention of the shovel, so important to the building of the first civilization.
- 10.Why is Mesopotamia sometimes referred to as the “Fertile Crescent?”
- A.
Because of the acres and acres of green crops in the middle of the desert, Mesopotamia became known as the “fertile crescent.”
- B.
Because it was the sight of the world's first population explosion, Mesopotamia became known as the “fertile crescent.”
- C.
Because it was the birthplace of the "croissant," Mesopotamia became known as the “fertile crescent.”
- D.
Because it was the birthplace of civilization, Mesopotamia became known as the “fertile crescent.”
- 11.
- A.
The rivers provided easy transportation between settlements
- B.
The rivers provided water for drinking, bathing, and irrigating crops.
- C.
The rivers provided an abundance of fish and water birds, such as ducks and geese, for eating.
- D.
The mud along the banks of the rivers provided clay for pottery and materials for brick making.
- E.
The rivers provided all the materials needed to invent the world's first Slip-N-Slide.
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