Ancient Mesopotamia Study Guide

What modern day country was Mesopotamia located in? 

• America

• Italy

• Iraq

• Turkey

Drag the types of irrigation into the correct category

Groups:

(a) Irrigation that helped during flooding

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(b) Irrigation that helped during droughts

• dikes

• basins

• dams

• canals

How did a river system help the ancient Mesopotamians? It gave them _______ ____.

What benefit did the fertile soil provide ancient Mesopotamians?

• It helped them make homes.

• It helped them grow crops.

• It was good for telling time.

• It was good to trade.

Mesopotamia was named "The Land Between Two Rivers". Which two rivers was Mesopotamia between?

• Tigris River

• Nile River

• Amazon River

• Euphrates River

The land in Mesopotamia is known as the _______ ________ because of its shape and good soil.

What type of government did the Sumerians have?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Pharaoh

• No government

People in Mesopotamia believed in many gods. They were considered ...

• polytheist

• monarchy

• monotheist

• tributaries

Match the following

Groups:

(a) Upper class

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(b) Middle class

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(c) Lower class

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(d) Above everyone

• merchants

• unskilled workers

• slaves

• farmers

• nobles

• king

• craftworkers

• scribes

• military leaders

• priest

What was the system of writing that the Sumerians developed?

• Latin

• alphabet

• cuneiform

• heiroglyphs