Mesopotamia Quiz

The word, "Mesopotamia", means

• land of fertile soil.

• land between two rivers.

• land under the mountains.

• land of many gods.

Mesopotamia is known as the

• world's first civilization.

• world's first humans.

• world's first religion.

• world's inventors of pudding.

Where is Mesopotamia?

• a fertile valley between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

• a desert city in Tibet

• a fertile valley between the Caucasus and Ural mountains

• a desert city in Egypt

How did the Mesopotamian people keep records?

• Cuneiform

• word of mouth

• stories and fables

• religious artifacts

What are the main rivers of ancient Mesopotamia called?

• Indus and Yellow

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Niger and Nile

• Amazon and Euphrates

Mesopotamia is in the current modern day country of

• Iraq.

• Iran.

• Korea.

• South America.

The word Mesopotamia means

• messy

• between Two Rivers

• civilized

• river valley

The iphone wheel was invented by the Sumerians in Mesopotamia.

What was one of the highest respected jobs in Sumer?

• a merchant

• a scribe

• an artisan

• a dad

What was the calendar the Sumerians developed based on?

• the Roman calendar

• the number 60

• cycles of the moon

• the geometry of the wheel