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Directions: Read each question. Read all answer choices carefully. Circle the best answer for each question. 1. The two rivers that flow through Mesopotamia are A. Tigger and Eyore B. Tigris and Euphrates C. Nile and Tigris 2. To fight the dry weather, the farmers invented a way of redirecting the water using canals, ditches and channels. This is called A. irrigation B. domestication C. drought 3. The people of Mesopotamia made a living (economics) by A. farming B. trading C. both a and b 4. Sumerians are known to have the earliest form of writing. This writing was called A. alphabet B. hieroglyphs C. cuneiform 5. People in this fertile valley shifted from hunting and gathering to A. shopping for food B. growing food C. trading for food 6. Sumerians believed in many gods and goddesses. This type of religion is known as A. monotheism B. bi-theism C. polytheism 7. King Hammurabi ruled Babylon more than 4,000 years ago. What did Hammurabi create? A. cuneiform B. a code of laws C. advanced math 8. According to the map above, between what latitudes does Mesopotamia lie? A. 30˚ S and 40˚ S B. 40˚E and 50˚ E C. 30˚N and 40˚N 9. According to the map above, what 2 bodies of water mark the boundaries for the Fertile Crescent (Mesopotamia)? A. Black Sea and Caspian Sea B. Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf C. Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea 10. What made the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers so fertile? A. decaying plants and animals B. silt deposited by flooding rivers C. manure from domesticated animals Name ______________________________________ Block _______ Use complete sentences to answer the following questions. Each question is worth 2 points. 13. Think about the acronym GRAPES. Choose one of the letters in the acronym. Describe the civilization of Mesopotamia as it relates to the letter you chose.