Mesopotamia Review

Trading without the use of money is called

• irrigation
• barter
• monotheism
• civilization

Why did people move to the plains in Mesopotamia?

• food shortage in the mountains
• population getting too high
• uncontrolled water supply
• fighting between city-states

Levees, canals, dams, and reservoirs are types of 

• government
• technology
• irrigation
• religion

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of civilization?

• religion
• economy
• government
• technology

T.W.G.R.A.S.S. represents characteristics of 

• government
• city-states
• social structure
• civilization

Which of the following groups of people were NOT part of the common class in Sumer?

• priests

• farmers

• fishermen

• merchants

What is the name of the Jewish holy text?

• Qur'an
• Bible
• Torah
• Vedas

The belief in one god is called

• monotheism
• polytheism
• prayer
• pilgrimage

Where did the Israelites originally settle?

• Canaan
• Mesopotamia
• Egypt
• Jerusalem

Eventually the Israelites were conquered and exiled by the 

• Babylonians
• Egyptians
• Phoenicians
• Assyrians