Save
Upgrade to remove ads
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

History Quiz

QuestionAnswer
A powerful city-state in the Sumer Sumer
A city and the surrounding land and villages it controls City-state
An amount that is more than what is needed Surplus
A way if supplying water to land or crops Irrigation
A sediment of very fine particles containing rock and minerals that is found at the bottom of bodies of water Silt
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers carries ___ down from the mountains Silt
A mound made up of layered dirt and the remains of buildings Tell
Archaeologists who, in the 1920s, uncovered many artifacts from Ur and the land of Sumer Leonard Woolley
The ancient region between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers Mesopotamia
A curved area from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea Fertile Crescent
One of the civilizations in Mesopotamia Sumer
Cities in Mesopotamia became the civilization that archaeologists and historians call Sumer
Mesopotamia was part of a region that historians called Fertile Crescent
Shem’s descendants migrated along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
These rivers flowed down into a plain that historians call Mesopotamia
Created by: Joshiee
Popular Standardized Tests sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards