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WorksheetsMesopotamia
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Wedge shape writing is known as (DOK 1)
cuneiform
heiroglyphics
wedging
writing
How would you classify skilled workers who made metal, cloth, or pottery products , or make-up? DOK (2)
Priests
Artisans
Scribes
Heroes
Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers? (DOK 1)
the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
the Tigris and the Persian Gulf
the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates
the Euphrates and the Tigris
How are Hammurabi's laws related to USA laws? ( DOK 3 )
They are laws that help keep societies keep structure and order.
They are a set of laws that are broken.
They are laws that include going to church.
They are laws that include an eye for an eye.
The Sumerian writing system was called (DOK 1)
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphs
English
Sargon
How would you classify the following social hierarchy? (DOK 2
Kings, Priests, Merchants and traders, farmers and laborers, and slaves.
Kings, Priests, slaves, merchants, and farmers
Priests, scribes, slaves, and merchants
Priests, farmers, slaves, artisans, and traders.
This picture shows an area known as the.. DOK 1
Farming Curve
Fertile Crescent
Green C
Fertile Curve
When the Akkadians under Sargon conquered the city-states of Sumer, they created the first (DOK 1)
empire
huge city-state
nation
democracy
What was the main religion of the Sumerians? (DOK 1)
Monotheism
Christianity
Polytheism
Judaism
What facts would you select to reinforce that Fertile Crescent supports farming? DOK 3
silt
floods
in river valleys
hunter-gatherers
What modern day country is Mesopotamia mostly in? (DOK 1)
India
Egypt
China
Iraq
The word "Mesopotamia" means (DOK 1)
middle of the fertile crescent
land in the middle of the desert
land between the rivers
land north of the sea
