Question

Match each item to its correct description.

Fertile Crescent
The world's first civilization
Mesopotamia
Rulers who maintained armies, enforced laws, collected taxes, kept records, and led religious ceremonies
Sumer
The area of land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
War Leaders
Moon shaped area of land that produces fertile crops where present day Turkey, Syria, and Iraq are located
Ziggurats
People who probably invented the wheel and the first to use a plow or a sailboat
Cuneiform
The first form of writing made up of various wedges on clay tablets
Sumerians
Large flat platforms where ancient people worshiped their gods

Answer 1

Matching the given items to their correct descriptions involves connecting terms like the Fertile Crescent, Mesopotamia, and Sumerians to their historical and cultural significance in the context of the world's first civilizations and innovations that arose in the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The correct terms with concept is matched here in the explanation.

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's match each item to its correct description within the context of Early Mesopotamia:

• Fertile Crescent - Moon shaped area of land that produces fertile crops where present day Turkey, Syria, and Iraq are located.
• The world's first civilization - Refers to the Sumerians in Mesopotamia.
• Mesopotamia - The area of land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, known as the Cradle of Civilization.
• War Leaders - Rulers who maintained armies, enforced laws, collected taxes, kept records, and led religious ceremonies.
• Sumer - An ancient civilization located in southern Mesopotamia, known today as Iraq.
• Ziggurats - Large flat platforms where ancient people worshiped their gods.
• Cuneiform - The first form of writing made up of various wedges on clay tablets, developed by the Sumerians.
• Sumerians - People who probably invented the wheel and the first to use a plow or a sailboat.