Mesopotamia Practice

What was the name of the geographic region in Mesopotamia where the first civilizations emerged?

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

• Zagros Mountains

• Tigris and Euphrates

What positives did living in river valley present?

• Surpluses in crops, use the river for transportation, specialization, and population growth made goods and services more accessible.

• Longer life spans, easier lives, and more safety.

• People lived easier lives, living a hunter-gatherer lifestyle

• People's diets improved, a diet of carbohydrates and sugar increased humans' health.

What was the name of the geographic region in Mesopotamia where the first civilizations emerged?

• mountains and deserts

• deserts and mudflats

• mountains and mudflats

• deserts and mudflats

How did the Mesopotamians "tame" the Tigris and Euphrates?

• city walls, militaries, and governments

• dams and city walls

• dams, levees, and irrigation

• None listed

Which of the following characteristics are describe the Sumerian city-states?

• Peaceful, hardly warlike

• Built walls around the cities

• Separated by mountains

• Separated by mudflats and desert

• Populations around 20,000, Built along the Tigris and Euphrates, Warlike

__________ large temple built at the center of each Sumerian city-state.

• Pyramid

• Ziggurat

• Shrine

• Church

According to Sumerian belief, what kind of control did the Mesopotamian gods have over the natural forces of Earth?

• the gods did not control the natural forces

• the gods controlled rain, flooding, and wind

• the gods controlled only human actions and not the forces of earth

• the gods controlled fire

What type of governments existed in the early days of Sumer when priests were both religious and political leaders?

• Theocracy

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Dictatorship

Where did Sumerian kings claim they received their power?

• The people

• The gods

• The Earth

• The family

Why do historians believe the Sumerian belief in an afterlife so hopeless?

• The Sumerian's experience with harsh lifestyles, impacted by natural disasters

• the Sumerian belief in Kur

• They were depressed

• None of the above