Mesopotamia Test Review

Mesopotamia Test Review

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What was the first system of writing called?

• alphabet

• English

• pictographs

• cuneiform

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What was the region of Mesopotamia known as?

• cradle of civilization

• fertile crescent

• land between two rivers

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“Mesopotamia” directly translates to what?

• cradle of civilization

• the land between two rivers

• fertile crescent

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The fertile land in Mesopotamia is known as the what?

• cradle of civilization

• fertile crescent

• land between two rivers

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Name the two rivers that border Mesopotamia.

• yellow river and indus river

• Tigris and Euphrates river

• Okeegee and Cogee river

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What was able to grow in the Fertile Crescent?

• crops: wheat and barley

• plants

• animals

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What allowed the land in Mesopotamia to become fertile?

• when the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flooded it brought up silt and deposited nutrients onto the land

• when the Yellow and Indus rivers flooded it brought up silt and deposited nutrients onto the land

• The crops in on the land were already fertile

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What did the Mesopotamian's create to in order to control the flooding?

• wheel

• plow

• irrigation system

• pulley system

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Mesopotamia is surrounded by which type of geographical land?

• mountains and lakes

• deserts and mountains

• deserts and lakes

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How many gods did the Mesopotamian’s believe in?

• thousands

• hundreds

• one

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Where did the Mesopotamians worship?

• in the city state

• the ziggurat

• church

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Where was the ziggurat located in the society?

• outside the city-state walls

• in the middle of the city-state

• at the capital

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In the society, there was only person who was allowed to speak with the gods. Who was that person?

• the citizens

• the king

• the priest

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The citizens in Mesopotamia believed they had to keep the gods _____________.

• sad

• happy

• humble

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The Sumerian’s believed every aspect of life was depended upon

• farming

• having a job

• keeping the gods happy

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Which of the following is NOT an achievement of the Mesopotamians?

• wheel

• plow

• irrigation

• glass blowing

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Who in the society made laws?

• king

• priest

• government officials

• all of the above

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Who was the leader in the society?

• the high class

• the priest and then during war the lugal became the leader and eventually the king

• the king who was once a scribe

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How did the Mesopotamians make money?

• they stole it in war

• they traded with other civilizations

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Who did the Mesopotamians did they trade with?

• Egypt, India, and Anatolia

• America

• Russia

• China and India

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What types of items did they trade?

• copper

• gold

• wheat and barley

• all of the above

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What was the name of their currency?

• money

• shekel

• coins

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What is a city-state?

• a city that is a state

• a city that with it's surrounding territory forms an independent state

• a small country that acts like a city

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Which citizens belonged to the middle class?

• kings, priest, nobles, warriors, and government officials

• fishermen, farmers, laborers

• slaves

• merchants, traders, craftsmen

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Which citizens belonged to the high class?

• kings, priest, nobles, warriors, and government officials

• fishermen, farmers, laborers

• slaves

• merchants, traders, craftsmen

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Which citizens belonged to the low class?

• kings, priest, nobles, warriors, and government officials

• fishermen, farmers, laborers

• slaves

• merchants, traders, craftsmen

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Which citizens belonged to the workers class?

• kings, priest, nobles, warriors, and government officials

• fishermen, farmers, laborers

• slaves

• merchants, traders, craftsmen

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What is polytheism?

• the answer to life's questions

• a god

• the belief in or worship of multiple gods

• the idea that you have to believe in multiple gods