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The Fertile Crescent. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

What did surplus food allow people to do?
a) They built homes
b) They were able to do other jobs
c) They practice polytheism
d) They spoke a new language

What was one of the major steps toward the rise of civilization in southern Mesopotamia?
a) They built homes
b) Fertile land
c) Irrigation Systems
d) Production of surplus food

What did Mesopotamia do to obtain natural resources?
a) Farmers built irrigation systems
b) City-States were established
c) Trade was established with other people
d) They practiced polytheism

What happened when the population grew in southern Mesopotamia?
a) Farmers built irrigation systems
b) City-States were established
c) Trade was established with other people
d) They practiced polytheism

How did early people in Mesopotamia solve the problem of low rainfall?
a) They waited for the rainy season
b) They migrated
c) They practiced polytheism
d) They irrigated their crops

In which area did one of the first civilization settle?
a) farmland on a mountain
b) an island in a gulf
c) a land between two rivers
d) a desert area

What is a city with its own form of government, villages and traditions?
a) Civilization
b) Fertile
c) City-State
d) Region

What is rich (as it pertains to soil)?
a) Civilization
b) Fertile
c) City-State
d) Artisan

What is a group of people who live in a complex, organized society within a culture?
a) Civilization
b) Fertile
c) City-State
d) Region

What shape was the first civilization in southwestern Asia?
a) Hexagon
b) Crescent
c) Ellipse
d) Sphere

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