Ancient Mesopotamia Quiz

Mesopotamia was the perfect location because of its

• unoccupied territory.

• fertile soil.

• location on the Persian Gulf.

• had a lack of land sharks.

Mesopotamia's current location is _____

• India

• United States

• Africa

• Iraq

Mesopotamian religion was

• old

• different

• monotheistic

• polytheistic

MESOPOTAMIA IS LOCATED BETWEEN WHAT TWO RIVERS?

• INDUS AND GANGES

• NILE AND HUANG HE

• TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES

• YELLOW AND TIGRIS

EVERY YEAR, MESOPOTAMIAN'S COUNT ON THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVERS DOING WHAT TO HELP WITH GROWING CROPS?

• FLOODING

• DRYING UP

• GETTING WIDER

• CAUSING A TSUNAMI

WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN MESOPOTAMIANS DIG CANALS TO BRING WATER TO THEIR CROPS?

• CANAL DIGGING

• IRRIGATION

• LAND ENGINEERING

• AQUEDUCTS

THIS WORD MEANS "A CITY AND IT'S SURROUNDING AREA."

• EMPIRE

• MEGA-CITY

• CITY-STATE

• KINGDOM

CITY-STATES DO LOT OF TRADING WITHOUT EXCHANGING MONEY. WHAT IS THIS CALLED WHEN YOU TRADE WITHOUT MONEY?

• BARTERING

• TRADING

• NEGOTIATION

• EXCHANGING

TRUE OR FALSE. THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVERS WERE USED LIKE WATER HIGHWAYS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO TRADED IN MESOPOTAMIA.

• TRUE

• FALSE

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE TEMPLES MESOPOTAMIAN'S WORSHIPPED AT?

• TEMPLES

• SYNOGAUGES

• MOSQUES

• ZIGGURATS