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WorksheetsChapter 4 Review
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a...
a)
scribe
b)
cradle
c)
ziggurat
d)
Gilgamesh
2.
A few Sumerians who learned how to stop write often help high positions in society as what?
a)
scribes
b)
artisans
c)
merchants
d)
heads of households
3.
Where did the first civilizations arise because of farming conditions?
a)
in the mountains
b)
near the sea
c)
in river valleys
d)
in the desert
4.
Although most Sumerians were farmers, many made metal, cloth, and pottery because they were skilled...
a)
merchants
b)
slaves
c)
scribes
d)
artisans
5.
Which group rebelled against the Assyrians?
a)
Babylonians
b)
Chaldeans
c)
Hittites
d)
Sumerians
6.
Which part of Babylon was known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
a)
king's palace
b)
Hanging Gardens
c)
wall around the city
d)
irrigation system
7.
Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?
a)
Gilgamesh
b)
Nebuchadnezzar
c)
Nineveh
d)
Hammurabi
8.
The first Sumerian kings were probably
a)
scribes
b)
farmers
c)
artisans
d)
war heroes
9.
Sumerian artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up this group...
a)
business class
b)
lower class
c)
middle class
d)
upper class
10.
During the summer in Mesopotamia...
a)
melting snow led to flooding
b)
snow sometimes fell
c)
water was scarce
d)
high humidity kept people indoors
11.
What was the role of women in ancient civilizations?
a)
take care of children
b)
made clothes
c)
made meals
d)
all of the above
12.
Which one was a Sumerian invention?
a)
sailboat and plows
b)
carts and chariots
c)
bronze for weapons
d)
all of the above
13.
What were the two rivers that helped develop Mesopotamia?
a)
Nile and Amazon
b)
Wolf and Fox
c)
Tigris and Euphrates
d)
Mississippi and Colorado
14.
Fine particles of sand are...
a)
silt
b)
irrigation
c)
surplus
d)
city-state
15.
A system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes or streams...
a)
scribe
b)
epic
c)
irrigation
d)
empire
16.
An amount that is left over after a need has been met...
a)
caravan
b)
surplus
c)
tribute
d)
astronomer
17.
A city that governs itself and its surrounding territory...
a)
city-state
b)
city-country
c)
city-town
d)
city-park
18.
A belief in more than one god is...
a)
epic
b)
polytheism
c)
irrigation
d)
silt
19.
A pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top...
a)
empire
b)
tribute
c)
province
d)
ziggurat
20.
A system of writing developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay...
a)
cuneiform
b)
province
c)
tribute
d)
scribe
21.
A person who copies or writes out documents; often a record keeper...
a)
astronomer
b)
irrigation
c)
polytheism
d)
scribe
22.
A long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero...
a)
empire
b)
surplus
c)
epic
d)
tribute
23.
A large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler...
a)
empire
b)
city-state
c)
epic
d)
polytheism
24.
A payment made to a ruler or state as a sign of surrender
a)
surplus
b)
ziggurat
c)
scribe
d)
tribute
25.
A territory governed as a political district of a country or empire...
a)
province
b)
caravan
c)
scribe
d)
city-state
26.
A group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels...
a)
astronomer
b)
cuneiform
c)
empire
d)
caravan
27.
A person who studies planets and starts...
a)
scribe
b)
astronomer
c)
merchant
d)
ruler
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