Mesopotamia Unit Test

What name have historians given to the land that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

• the Fertile Crescent
• Arabia
• Mesopotamia
• Egypt

What role did the gods play in Sumerian society?

• they created problems for people to overcome
• the protected people from trouble and danger
• they helped people get to heaven when they died
• they made people do things they didn't want to do

Where did most Sumerians live after about 3000 B.C.?

• ziggurats
• small villages
• provinces
• city-states

For what initial purpose did the Sumerians develop the world's first writing system?

• to remember history
• to honor their gods
• to keep business records
• to praise their king

Which group of people was in the middle class in Sumerian society?

• priests
• government officials
• farmers
• landowners

What was the main building material of the Sumerians?

• bronze
• mud
• bronze
• wood

On what did Sumerian farmers depend to grow their crops?

• heavy rains that fell across the region
• violent floods caused by heavy rains
• canals they built to bring river water to the fields
• snow in distant mountains they brought to their fields

What was the main purpose of the ziggurat?

• a place for religious services
• a place to go when attacked
• to mark the center of the city
• the city's marketplace

What common item of life today was invented by the Sumerians?

• agriculture
• indoor plumbing
• paper
• the wheel

The world's first empire was created by ...

• Cyrus
• Hammurabi
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Sargon