Mesopotamia Review

How did the sail impact the Mesopotamians? 

• They were able to remain isolated from other cultures.

• They were able to trade over long distances.

• They were able to grow more crops.

• They were able to build a powerful navy.

What is the name of the earliest known writing system, which was developed in Mesopotamia?

• papyrus

• calligraphy

• cuneiform

• hieroglyphics

Match the following

• Code of Law

• • A set of laws that apply to everyone under a government.

• Ziggurat

• • A Mesopotamian pyramid with a temple on the top.

• Fertile Crescent

• An area of very good soil from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea

Place the labels on the pyramid correctly

b

c

a

d

e

Merchants

Slaves

King

Farmers

Priest

Mesopotamia established a very complex system of farming.  This system includes using a series of levees to block the flow of water, canals to control where the flow travels to an artificial lake to act as a reservoir to store the water.

What is this process known as?

• canalism

• farming

• levitation

• irrigation

Choose all the jobs below that are the responsibility of a king in a Sumerian city-state

• lead the army

• maintain the ziggurat

• maintain the irrigation system

• record the amount of grain each family gets on a clay tablet using cuneiform

This is a picture of a ____.

• capital building

• ziggurat

• burial chamber

The need to do this led to the formation of city-states in ancient Sumer.

• build and maintain an irrigation system

• protect Sumerians from outside attack

• stop hunting and gathering and start farming

Choose all the statements below that are examples of how the Sumerians changed their environment to survive.

• They created levees out of piles of dirt.

• They drained swamps to produce farmland.

• They burned coal to heat their homes which created pollution.

• They made bricks from baked mud in order to build buildings.

What made the king powerful in ancient Sumer?

• The king was the only person in the city-state that could write.

• The king controlled the army.

• The king was believed to by supported by the gods.