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What are the two major rivers in Mesopotamia?
Tigris and Euphrates
What does Mesopotamia mean?
the land between two rivers
What country is modern day Mesopotamia?
Iraq
Mesopotamia was one of the earliest centers of human civilization?
True
Mesopotamia was a group of city states?
True
3 major cities of early Mesopotamia were
Eridu, Ur, Urik
The city of Ur was important because
Trade and location near the Persian Gulf
The area where Mesopotamia was established is called
The Fertile Crescent
One of Mesopotamia's mountain ranges is
Zagros Mountains
A mixture of rock and soil is called
silt
Droughts, periods with no rain fall, were common in Mesopotamia:
True
A method of controlling water and using it to water crops is known as
irrigation
To control floods the Mesopotamians would build
Levees or dams
Gates that allowed Mesopotamians to raise or lower water levels in canals were called?
Dams
Farmers of Mesopotamia raised what?
Goats and Sheep
One of Mesopotamia's agricultural innovations was the:
Steel Plow
Mesopotamian workers did jobs in cities such as which of the following
Potters, scribes, traders
Polytheistic means
Belief in many Gods
Babylon was a city state in Mesopotamia
False
A tradition oriented economy is also called
Traditional Economy
The act of buying and selling goods and services is called
Commerce
The worlds first system of writing is called
Cuneiform
Division of labor is
a system that divides people into jobs
In ancient times what civilization developed between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
Mesopotamia
What body of water does the two rivers flow into?
Persian Gulf