Egypt Mesopotamia Test 2020-2021

What event started the Neolithic Revolution (probably)

• war between hunter gatherer groups

• End of the Ice age

• asteroid impact

• Discovery of fire

What was the name of Sumerian writing?

• pictographs

• Phonics

• Hieroglyphics

• Cuneiform

How was Sumerian writing written?

• With a pen

• lead on stone

• wedge shaped instruments on clay

• carving into rocks

The Sumerians figured out a system to measure time based on what number?

• 365

• 60

• 24

• 100

Because writing did not exist what is the period before 3000 bc called?

• Neolithic

• Stone Age

• Bronze Age

• Pre-History

What organ was left in the body when it was mummified?

• The Heart

• The Lungs

• The Liver

• The brain

Egyptian statues were often

• displayed in homes

• detailed and unique

• models for paintings

• large and imposing

Beside the difficulty in traveling the Nile, what other physical feature protected Egypt?

• The Sahara

• Rocky Cliffs

• Mountains

• Hot Valleys

What was the name of the nutrient rich mud that was left behind from flooded rivers?

• silt

• clay

• delta

• sludge

What does Mesopotamia literally mean?

• Land of settlement

• the land of god's people

• first lands

• Land Between two rivers