Chapter 3 test 7th grade

Which two land features gave Mesopotamia it's name?

• The Fertile Crescent and Mediterranean Sea

• Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea

• Northern and Southern Plateau

• Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Which is the best explanation for why Mesopotamia built canals?

• They needed a way to control the river's flow

• They needed a way to control flooding

• They needed a way to control the surplus

• They needed a way to control low water levels

Which is an inference about why city-states fought each other for farmland?

• Each city-state had only one skill, which was farming

• Each city-state owned crops that had been destroyed by natural disasters

• Each city-state wanted to build walls around its farms

• Each city-state wanted to have enough farmland to grow food

Who served as the link between Sumerians and the gods?

• farmers

• priests

• war chiefs 

• political leaders

What caused the land between the two rivers to be so fertile?

• silt from flooding

• irrigation techniques

• canals

• drought

Who was the king of Uruk, later had epics written about him?

• Sargon

• Gilgamesh

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

Which territory was located North of Sumer, had Sargon as their ruler?

• Uruk

• Ur

• Akkadia

• Babylon

The social hierarchy of the Sumerians had kings at the top. After kings came _______, tradesmen and craftspeople, farmers and then slaves.

• Babylonians

• priests

• preachers

• cuneiform

Sargon was known for being...

• the king of Uruk

• ruler of Babylonia

• ruler of Akkadia

• the creator of the alphabet

One of the most popular inventions from the Sumerians include:

• writing

• the wheel

• base 60 system for math

• all of the above