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What body/bodies of water provided flooding for Mesopotamia to be able to support civilizations?
a) Tigris River and Euphrates River
b) Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf
c) Persian Gulf
d) Mediterranean Sea

What two countries would have wood as a natural resource?
a) Uzbekistan and Afghanistan
b) Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan
c) Turkmenistan and Afghanistan
d) Kazakhstan and Afghanistan

What is one way that climate did NOT affect the Sumerians?
a) Annual flooding helped make the soil rich for farming
b) Long, dry summers
c) It allowed them to build ziggurats
d) Wet, mild winters

What two countries are mostly a steppe climate?
a) Iran and Iraq
b) Iran and Yemen
c) Saudi Arabia and Oman
d) Qatar and Kuwait

What type of climate can be found in Saudi Arabia?
a) Desert
b) Tropical
c) Mediterranean
d) Steppes

Which is NOT a reason that Meroe was an important trade location for the Kingdom of Kush?
a) It was at the crossroads of the African trade routes
b) Caravan trails from the Red Sea traveled through it
c) It allowed the Assyrians to invade the kingdom
d) Fertile land allowed farming

What led to the creation of the first empire?
a) Sumerians building temples to worship their gods
b) Hammurabi writing the “Code of Hammurabi”
c) Sargon led the Akkadians to conquer the Sumerians
d) Sumerian city-states were separate from one another

Where do most of Egypts population live?
a) Alexandria is Egypt’s largest city.
b) Most of Egypt’s merchants live near Israel in order to trade with that nation.
c) The majority of Egypt’s citizens live along the Mediterranean Sea coast.
d) The majority of Egypt’s citizens live in the Nile River valley.

What physical feature is located on the coast of Jordan and Saudi Arabia?
a) Dead Sea
b) Jordan River
c) Pontic Mountains
d) Taurus Mountains

Saudi Arabia is located on what physical feature?
a) Arabian Peninsula
b) Zargos Mountains
c) Plateau of Iran
d) Syrian Desert

Sumerians, Ancient Egyptians, and the Kush practiced polytheism, which is the belief in what?
a) One god
b) Many gods
c) Two gods
d) Three gods

What was one way that Ancient Egyptian culture did NOT influence the Kingdom of Kush?
a) The Nile River provided fertile soil for farming
b) Citizens had a say in who served as their leaders
c) Worshiping similar gods
d) Building pyramids to be tombs of their leaders

How does Central Asia adapt to export their goods from the rugged mountains ?
a) Having an abundance of oil and gas
b) Political turmoil makes building pipelines difficult
c) No access to ocean ports
d) Using pipelines to move goods

Which of the following remains a mystery for scholars who study ancient Egypt?
a) Which empires conquered ancient Egypt
b) How did the ancient Egyptians build the large pyramids?
c) Did the ancient Egyptians have a written language?
d) Did the ancient Egyptians trade with their neighbors

Which resource is produced by Syria, Jordan, and Israel?
a) Copper
b) Mercury
c) Phosphates
d) Sulfur

Which resource has the greatest influence over land use in the Eastern Mediterranean?
a) Water
b) Phosphates
c) Oil
d) Copper

Which climate is found in much of Syria and Jordan, as well as in southern Israel?
a) Desert
b) Steppe
c) Mediterranean
d) Humid Subtropical

Which of the following explains how Mesopotamia was settled and people could establish civilizations there?
a) The area around the Persian Gulf is rich in oil and produces wealth for its inhabitants
b) The Rub’ al-Khali is the largest sand desert in the world and has no permanent rivers
c) The Elbruz and Kopet-Dag Mountain ranges create a barrier to invasion and isolate towns
d) The Tigris and Euphrates rivers provide water for crops and for raising domesticated animals

How did Egypt’s location affect the development of its civilization?
a) Because it was bordered on each side by deserts, it was difficult to grow crops
b) Because the Nile River contained many rapids, it was difficult to move goods by water
c) Because it was bordered on each side by deserts, it was difficult to invade
d) Because the Nile River flooded every year, it was difficult to build cities close to the water

Why is the area that includes Mesopotamia referred to as the Fertile Crescent?
a) The region supported large grasslands
b) The region supported hunters and gatherers
c) The region supported large herds of migrating animals
d) The region supported early civilizations that farmed the land

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