WorksheetsChapter 4 Review Mesopotamia
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Assyrian ruler, Ashurbinapal developed one of the first ____________ in Nineveh.
a)
McDonald's
b)
libraries
c)
banks
d)
Burger King's
2.
____________________________________ led a revolt against the Assyrians and within a year had forced them out of his kingdom. He was crowned King of Babylonia.
a)
Nabopolasser
b)
Sargon
c)
Ashurbanipal
d)
Hammurabi
3.
______________ made Babylon the largest and wealthiest city in the world.
a)
Nabopolassar
b)
Sargon
c)
Nebuchadnezzar
d)
Hamurabi
4.
Babylon’s ______________________ ______________________________ were considered one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World.
a)
Pyramids
b)
ziggurats
c)
Hanging Gardens
5.
To pay for his building projects, Nebuchadnezzar charged his people very high _________________.
a)
taxes
b)
mortgages
c)
gas prices
d)
overage charges
6.
_____________________________ – a group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels.
a)
empire
b)
province
c)
caravan
d)
astronomer
7.
Babylonians believed that the gods showed their plans in the _________________.
a)
sands
b)
stars
c)
waters
8.
Someone who studies the stars is a(n) _________________
a)
archaeologist
b)
sociologist
c)
paleontologist
d)
astronomer
9.
Babylonians invented the _________________ to measure time.
a)
sundial
b)
wheel
c)
sailboat
d)
mathematics
10.
The oldest known literary work came from Sumer and is called _________________.
a)
The Epic of Enkidu
b)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
c)
Dude, That Was EPIC!
11.
Civilizations first developed about ________________ in the river valleys of Mesopotamia, Egypt, India, and China.
a)
3000 A.D.
b)
1000 B.C.
c)
2.5 Million B.C.
d)
3000 B.C.
12.
Mesopotamia means ________________________________ in Greek.
a)
Land between the creeks
b)
Land between the rivers
c)
No man's land
d)
Land between the lakes
13.
Mesopotamia was between the ____________ and ________________ rivers.
a)
Mississippi and Tennessee
b)
Cumberland and Wabash
c)
Nile and Amazon
d)
Tigris and Euphrates
14.
During the spring, rains and melting snow caused the rivers in Mesopotamia to__________________.
a)
dry up
b)
flood
c)
freeze
15.
_________________ is fine particles of fertile soil left over after a flood.
a)
silt
b)
ziggurat
c)
polytheism
d)
fertilizer
16.
___________________________________ is a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams.
a)
surplus
b)
cunneiform
c)
irrigation
d)
epic
17.
This is whats left over once a need has been met.
a)
leftovers
b)
surplus
c)
silt
d)
irrigation
18.
Sumer’s people were known as ____________________.
a)
Assyrians
b)
Hittites
c)
Summerians
d)
Tennesseans
19.
A ____________________ is a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory.
a)
ziggurat
b)
city-state
c)
scribe
d)
cuneiform
20.
The belief in many gods is called _____________.
a)
polytheism
b)
monotheism
c)
polygons
21.
A ________________________ is a pyramid shaped structure with a temple at the top.
a)
Palace
b)
ziggurat
c)
city-state
d)
cunneiform
22.
Merchants, farmers, fishers and artisans made up the____________________ _____________________.
a)
upper class
b)
middle class
c)
lower class
23.
Enslaved people made up the ___________ __________ in the Sumerian social structure.
a)
upper class
b)
middle class
c)
lower class
24.
Kings, warriors and priests made up the ____________ class in Sumeria.
a)
upper
b)
middle
c)
lower
d)
Mr. Jones
25.
Most people in Sumer were _______________.
a)
merchants
b)
hip hop artists
c)
farmers
d)
warriors
26.
Of all the contributions made by the Sumerians, ______________________ is perhaps the most important.
a)
the sail boat
b)
the discovery of fire
c)
pizza
d)
writing
27.
Sumerians created a way of writing called _____________________.
a)
cunneiform
b)
Sargon
c)
polytheism
d)
irrigation
28.
A(n) ____________________ is a person who copies or writes out documents: often a record keeper.
a)
artisan
b)
merchant
c)
psychic
d)
scribe
29.
Sumerians were the first people known to use the _________________, which helped with transportation.
a)
airplane
b)
train
c)
wheel
d)
automobile
30.
An _____________________ is a large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler.
a)
city-state
b)
empire
c)
county
d)
province
31.
_____________ united Akkad and Sumer and became the first emperor.
a)
Ashurbanipal
b)
Sargon
c)
Hammurabi
d)
Nebuchadnezzar
32.
_____________________ was the king of Babylon who posted laws throughout his empire.
a)
Ashurbanipal
b)
Sargon
c)
Hammurabi
d)
Nebuchadnezzar
33.
Hammurabi's code came to be known as “__________________________________________.”
a)
A eye for an eye and a foot for a foot
b)
An arm for an arm and a tooth for a tooth
c)
A pie for a pie and a booth for a booth
d)
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
34.
A _______________________ is a payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender.
a)
tribute
b)
tax
c)
ransom
d)
cheeseburger
35.
A ________________________ is a territory governed as a political district of a country or empire.
a)
country
b)
state
c)
province
d)
county
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