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Ancient Mesopotamia 2021

Authored by Erin Briscoe

Social Studies

6th Grade

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Ancient Mesopotamia 2021
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia arose in a region that is part of what present-day country?

Egypt

Iraq

Turkey

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why were the Sumerians able to develop the different kinds of job skills needed to have a civilization?

Food surpluses allowed people do other work than farming

Long periods of peace freed soldiers from military service

Priests started special schools to train workers

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main building material of the ancient Sumerians?

Bronze

Mud

Stone

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to the ancient Sumerians, why did the gods create humans?

They thought humans would be like their "pets"

They needed humans to build enormous temples for them

They made people work for them

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who had the most power in Sumerian society?

Farmers

Priests

Artisans

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What common item of life today was invented by the Sumerians?

The wheel

Paper

Agriculture

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the purpose of a ziggurat?

A place for religious services

A "city-hall" from which priests rule the city state

Both of the above

None of the above

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