Mesopotamia Geography and Farming
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- Q 1/9Score 0A ziggurat could be found in all Sumerian/Mesopotamian cities. This most likely indicated which of the following about this civilization?29religion was important to Mesopotamians and their livesthe king paid for zigguratsMesopotamians enjoyed building with mud bricksmany people would climb the ziggurat to view the river
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- Q1A ziggurat could be found in all Sumerian/Mesopotamian cities. This most likely indicated which of the following about this civilization?religion was important to Mesopotamians and their livesthe king paid for zigguratsMesopotamians enjoyed building with mud bricksmany people would climb the ziggurat to view the river60s
- Q2On the map, Mesopotamia was located in the green area. Another name for this area is...Agricultural CurveNeolithic RevolutionFertile Civilization SectorFertile Crescent60s
- Q3Which is the best description of the location of Mesopotamia?Southwest Asia- an area known as the Middle East-between Asia and Africa and EuropeNorth America along the east coastEastern AfricaEurope- near the Alps60s
- Q4Other than farming, the rivers were also MOST useful forbathing and swimmingtransportation and a food sourcereligious ritualsa geographical barrier against enemies60s
- Q5Which were NEGATIVE aspects to living in Mesopotamia?frequent forest fires which could destroy cropsoccasional long, cold winters which could freeze cropsdrought or flooding depending on the time of yearall of these60s
- Q6The area of Mesopotamia was good for farming because of which reason?constant source of freshwater from the riversmild, warm climate most of the yearall of these are truerich soil or silt left behind from flooding60s
- Q7The picture above shows which irrigation feature?canalsleveesall of these can be seendams60s
- Q8Which 3 inventions helped the most with agriculture and growing more food?sickle, loom, saddleplow, sunlight, watercanals, plow, and metal tools60s
- Q9Developing systems to move water and to control water was vital to the Mesopotamians. This technology is known as ...domesticationagriculturecanal buildingirrigation60s
