A) Syria
B) Iraq
C) Russia
D) Israel

A) Mountains to protect
B) Low flat land to build
C) River Valleys to meet farming needs
D) Land with plenty of resources

A) 78 A.D
B) 5000 B.C.E
C) 10,000 B.C.E.
D) 3100 B.C.E

A) Tigris River Valley
B) Sumer
C) Euphrates River Valley
D) Uruk

A) When soil becomes irritated in order to farm
B) a means of supplying land with water
C) Leaving an area for better land
D) Building a surplus of resources

A) Different resources available than other cities
B) Leaders having different ideas about how to run the city
C) Having a large army to defeat all enemies
D) Walled city

A) "The Land of Agriculture"
B) "The Land of Plenty Resources"
C) "The Land Between Two Rivers"
D) "The Land Protected by Mountains"

A) False
B) True

A) Food Shortages in the foothills and uncontrolled water supply
B) Attacks by neighbors and Large cities fighting each other for power.
C) Attacks by neighbors and too many resources
D) Food shortages on the plains and mountain ranges that were too difficult to pass

A) A wall of earth built to prevent flooding
B) A river that floods when the snow on the mountains melts.
C) The damage that is done to the land after a river floods
D) Leaves and other materials that are left behind after a river floods