Chapter 3 Section 1 Test Review (G6)

What gave rise to civilization in Mesopotamia?

• open land for exploration

• fertile soil for farming

• river and sea routes for trade

• mountains for protection

How was the civilization of Sumer organized?

• into hunter-gatherers

• into small villages

• into one central city and farms

• into separate city-states

How did Sargon win loyalty within the Akkadian Empire?

• by permitting people to keep local customs and rulers

• by limiting trade and economic activity

• by collecting tribute to maintain a strong military

• by conquering many lands at once

Why did Sargon's Akkadian Empire fall?

• it spent too much money

• it failed to protect its natural resources

• it grew too big to maintain order

• it focused on farming over trade

What purpose did ziggurats serve?

• centers for government

• centers for learning

• centers of religious worship

• centers for trade

What basic form of writing based on images of object was first invented by the Sumerians?

• hieroglyphs

• pictographs

• cuneiform

• petroglyphs

How did ancient Mesopotamians adapt to their environment to build a Sumerian civilization? (check ALL that apply)

• Developed irrigation systems to support farming on the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

• Used local natural resources to build walls for protection, canals, and great city-states.

• Created a mail system that got messages from on area to another.

• They fished and traded on the rivers and other waterways.

What cultural and technological innovations did the Sumerians develop? (Check ALL that apply)

• They mixed tin and copper to produce bronze weapons and tools.

• They developed calendars.

• They built monumental architecture, such as ziggurats.

• They developed systems of writing and used the stylus and clay tablets to record stories, histories, and other information.

• They created a new type of paintings and art.

Priests performed purification _____, or formal series of acts always performed in the same way, using holy water on kings before they entered a shrine.

• famine

• rituals

• polytheism

• empire

______ is an order based on power and wealth.

• social class

• shrine

• irrigation

• depict