The Fertile Crescent - Quiz Quiz

Question 1

The Fertile Crescent is named after its

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C: shape.

Question 2

What were some of the first crops to be domesticated during the Agricultural Revolution?

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A: wheat and barley

Question 3

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers are part of what region?

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D: the Fertile Crescent

Question 4

When river waters recede after floods, the uncovered soil is described as

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A: alluvial.

Question 5

The most important purpose of irrigation was to

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A: preserve scarce water supplies.

Question 6

Sumerians were the first people of Mesopotamia to use

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C: the plow.; D: a spoken language.

Question 7

The name of the first great civilization in Mesopotamia was

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A: Sumer.

Question 8

The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of history’s oldest surviving

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B: works of literature.

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