Ancient Mesopotamia Test

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

• Egypt

• Iraq

• Turkey

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

Who had the most power in Sumerian society?

• Farmers

• Priests

• Artisans

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

• The wheel

• Paper

• Agriculture

Which of these descriptions is the best definition of a city-state?

• A big city with a large population

• A city and its surrounding farmland

• A small country that is made up of only one city

These people replaced priests as the leaders of Sumer.

• Gods

• Kings

• Emperors

Why was Mesopotamia such a good place for growing crops?

• The flooding rivers deposited silt on the land

• It was an area of frequent rainfall

• The cities where farmers lived were nearby

Mesopotamia has two major rivers called the ________and Euphrates

• Cuneiform

• Thousands

• Tigris

• Stylus

The Mesopotamian system of writing, made up of wedge-shaped symbols is called_____________

• Cuneiform

• Thousands

• Tigris

• Stylus

Mesopotamians wrote the first ________, a long poem about the deeds of a hero.

• Stylus

• Epic

• Drought

• Sail