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Grade 8 social studies: Explore Mesopotamia: the Tigris and Euphrates, Sumer, cuneiform, ziggurats, and the Fertile Crescent.

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Explore Mesopotamia: the Tigris and Euphrates, Sumer, cuneiform, ziggurats, and the Fertile Crescent.
1
Ancient Mesopotamia is located on which continent?
AAsiaBAfricaCEuropeDSouth America
2
Tall stepped temple towers built by the Mesopotamians were called ___.
AzigguratsBcastlesCcolosseumsDpyramids
3
Mesopotamia is part of a curved band of rich farmland called the Fertile ___.
ACrescentBCircleCValleyDSquare
4
Most of ancient Mesopotamia lies within which modern-day country?
AIndiaBGreeceCEgyptDIraq
5
Mesopotamia grew up between the Tigris and ___ Rivers.
AAmazonBEuphratesCYangtzeDNile
6
Mesopotamian farmers dug ___ to bring river water to their fields.
Airrigation canalsBpyramidsCtunnelsDdeep wells only
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1
Ancient Mesopotamia is located on which continent?
AAsiaBAfricaCEuropeDSouth America
Answer: A — Asia
Mesopotamia is in southwestern Asia, the Middle East.
2
Tall stepped temple towers built by the Mesopotamians were called ___.
AzigguratsBcastlesCcolosseumsDpyramids
Answer: A — ziggurats
Ziggurats were stepped temple towers.
3
Mesopotamia is part of a curved band of rich farmland called the Fertile ___.
ACrescentBCircleCValleyDSquare
Answer: A — Crescent
The Fertile Crescent was a curve of good farmland.
4
Most of ancient Mesopotamia lies within which modern-day country?
AIndiaBGreeceCEgyptDIraq
Answer: D — Iraq
Most of ancient Mesopotamia is in modern Iraq.
5
Mesopotamia grew up between the Tigris and ___ Rivers.
AAmazonBEuphratesCYangtzeDNile
Answer: B — Euphrates
Mesopotamia lay between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
6
Mesopotamian farmers dug ___ to bring river water to their fields.
Airrigation canalsBpyramidsCtunnelsDdeep wells only
Answer: A — irrigation canals
Irrigation canals carried river water to the crops.

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Social Studies — Civics & History. Explore Mesopotamia: the Tigris and Euphrates, Sumer, cuneiform, ziggurats, and the Fertile Crescent.

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