Geography

Question 1

Mesopotamia

Answer 1

A Greek word meaning land between the rivers.

Question 2

Fertile Crescent

Answer 2

A large arc of rich or fertile farmland

Question 3

Silt

Answer 3

A mixture of soil and rocks that is very fertile.

Question 4

Irrigation

Answer 4

A way of controlling water for farming.

Question 5

Division of Labor

Answer 5

A system that divides people into jobs.

Question 6

Empire

Answer 6

Independent territories that make up a civilization.

Question 7

Social Hierarchy

Answer 7

A system that divides people into classes based on the jobs of your family.

Question 8

Cuneiform

Answer 8

The world’s first system of writing.

Question 9

Scribe

Answer 9

A job of a person who wrote on clay tablets to keep records.

Question 10

Ziggurat

Answer 10

A pyramid-shaped temple.

Question 11

Surplus

Answer 11

Extra goods were used for trade

Question 12

Hammurabi’s Code

Answer 12

The first set of laws created by king Hammurabi.

Question 13

Mesopotamia is between..

Answer 13

Mesopotamia is between the Tigris River and the Exphrates River.

Question 14

levees help…

Answer 14

Levees are walls that help keep flood waters under control.

Question 15

Part of Asia is known as…

Answer 15

Part of Western Asia is also known as the Middle East.