Mesopotamia Trading

Mesopotamia was a region with a lot of natural resources

• True

• False

The people who lived in Mesopotamia needed to trade with neighboring countries in order to acquire the resources they needed to live.

• True

• False

Grain, oils and textiles were taken from Mesopotamia to foreign cities and traded

• True

• False

Foreign cities exchanged grain, oils and textiles for Mesopotamia's precious metals

• True

• False

Mesopotamia received timber wine and precious metals from other cities.

• True

• False

Grain was quite bulky and was best transported on a boat

• True

• False

Precious stones were likely to be small, so they could be transported on foot or by donkey

• True

• False

What was the precious wood that had to be imported?

• cedar and oak trees

• pine and cedar trees

• pine and oak trees

• redwood and oak trees

Wool was transported by moving sheep down a river on a raft

• True

• False

What form of transport was taken apart and the logs used to make it were sold.

• coracle

• raft

• cart

• river boat