Mesopotamia and Early Civilizations Quiz

Use the map above to identify two geographical features that mostly likely provided fertile land that gave rise to multiple city-states in the Mesopotamia region.

• Euphrates River and Tigris River

• Persian Gulf and Arabian Desert

• Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea

• Zagros Mountains and Caspian Sea

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Identify #2

• Persian Gulf

• Black Sea

• Red Sea

• Caspian Sea

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Identify #6

• Mediterranean Sea

• Euphrates River

• Tigris River

• Taurus Mountains

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What was the first civilization to arise in Mesopotamia?

• The Sumerians

• The Assyrians

• The Babylonians

• None of the above

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The empire of Babylon started in about…

• 1900 BC

• 2100 BC

• 2000 AD

• 2018 AD

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Because irrigation made Sumerian farmers more productive…

• more farmers were needed.

• fewer people needed to farm.

• the growth of the cities in the region slowed down.

• few people were free to do other jobs.

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What invention was used in order to control flood waters and to bring water to the plants?

• Irrigation

• Wheel

• Plow

• Potter’s wheel

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Mesopotamians believed in many gods. They were

• Atheistic

• Monotheistic

• Polytheistic

• Monarchy

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Which statement describes an effect of this advancement?

• Religious beliefs increased the production of farmers

• Greater food production allowed for the growth of cities

• Agricultural inventors rose to the highest level of society

• Astrological studies led to the creation of many inventions

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According to the information above, why did the polytheistic religions of the Mesopotamians develop?

• To honor the diversity of societies

• To encourage people to build temples

• To allow people explanations for life events

• To demonstrate the power of the kingdom to enemies