Mesopotamia 4.1

Farming starts in Mesopotamia in ______.

• 5000BC

• 4000BC

• 3000BC

• 2000BC

People such as the Sumerians who believe in more that one god practice...

• monotheism

• cuneiform

• polytheism

• socialism

A pyramid shaped tower with a temple at the top is called a...

• ziggurat

• shrine

• pyramid

• sarcophagus

The Sumerians wrote on clay tablets using wedge shaped marks called ...

• pictographs

• letters

• hieroglyphics

• cuneiform

Which of the following are characteristics of a civilization? (more than one answer)

• culture and order

• social classes and different jobs

• hunting and gathering

• a structured government

Mesopotamia lies between two rivers in Southwest Asia. They are the _____ and the _____.

• Nile and Amazon

• Mississippi and the Colorado

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Indus and Yellow

When the rivers of Mesopotamia would flood, they often left _____ behind, a rich soil good for farming.

• clay

• silt

• mud

• poo

To help irrigate their farmland, people in Mesopotamia built _____.

• rivers and dikes

• sprinklers

• ziggurats

• dams and canals

People who made cloth, tools, or weapons, were called...

• artisans

• partisans

• farmers

• priests

Which of the following fits in the cause and effect statement below:

A surplus of food led to artisans which led to more people living in cities and ____.

• farming

• use of fire

• printed money

• trade