WorksheetsMesopotamia (Unit 3)
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Wide, flat plain located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
a)
Fertile Crescent
b)
Mesopotamia
c)
Sumer
d)
Iraq
2.
Mesopotamia’s two main rivers carry _ as they flow, helping to make soil more fertile when they flood.
a)
water
b)
silt
c)
stylus
d)
scribe
3.
A way of supplying water to an area of land is known as
a)
fertilization
b)
divination
c)
irrigation
d)
agriculture
4.
Sumerian farmers built canals to
a)
Make it easier to travel and trade with other peoples.
b)
Prevent rivers from flooding and move water where they need it
c)
Give people something to do.
d)
Encourage the formation of government.
5.
#4:
a)
Mediterranean Sea
b)
Caspian Sea
c)
Black Sea
d)
Euphrates River
6.
#2:
a)
Black Sea
b)
Red Sea
c)
Caspian Sea
d)
Persian Gulf
7.
The sea (#10) just south of the Sea of Galilee
a)
Mediterranean Sea
b)
Dead Sea
c)
Black Sea
d)
Caspian Sea
8.
The sea (#9) just north of the Dead Sea
a)
The Sea of Galilee
b)
The Mediterranean Sea
c)
The Caspian Sea
d)
The Black Sea
9.
#3:
a)
The Dead Sea
b)
The Black Sea
c)
The Euphrates River
d)
The Persian Gulf
10.
The river that is furthest west on this map:
a)
The Nile River
b)
The Yellow River
c)
The Tigris River
d)
The Euphrates River
11.
#1:
a)
The Persian Gulf
b)
The Red Sea
c)
The Mediterranean Sea
d)
The Sea of China
12.
The mountain range between the Black and Caspian Seas:
a)
The Appalachian Mountains
b)
The Caucasus Mountains
c)
The Zagros Mountains
d)
The Tauros Mountains
13.
The mountain range to the east of the Tigris River
a)
The Rocky Mountains
b)
The Caucasus Mountains
c)
The Zagros Mountains
d)
The Tauros Mountains
14.
Job _ allowed people in a society to develop skills needed to maintain a civilization.
a)
tributes
b)
scribes
c)
promotion
d)
specialization
15.
Mesopotamian temple used for religious worship:
a)
church
b)
ziggurat
c)
polytheist
d)
monotheist
16.
Religious belief in more than one god
a)
monotheism
b)
polytheism
c)
atheism
d)
Buddhism
17.
One of the oldest-surviving and most famous stories about a demigod king
a)
The Ramayana
b)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
c)
Noah's Ark
d)
Hammurabi's Code
18.
Agricultural areas with a walled city in the center of the region, ruled by its own government, and led by a king
a)
Fertile Crescent
b)
empire
c)
city-state
d)
kingdom
19.
Sumer is important in world history because it was
a)
where human beings evolved.
b)
where the first fishing villages developed.
c)
the world’s first civilization.
d)
the world’s largest empire.
20.
King of Persia
a)
Hammurabi
b)
Cyrus
c)
Sargon
d)
Ashurbanipal
21.
King of Babylonia
a)
Sargon
b)
Hammurabi
c)
Cyrus
d)
Gilgamesh
22.
King of Akkadia
a)
Sargon
b)
Nebuchadnezzar
c)
Cyrus
d)
Hammurabi
23.
King of Neo-Babylonia
a)
Nebuchadnezzar
b)
Ashurbanipal
c)
Gilgamesh
d)
Sargon
24.
King of Assyria
a)
Ashurbanipal
b)
Akkadia
c)
Sargon
d)
Cyrus
25.
Sargon created the world’s first empire by conquering
a)
Zagros warriors.
b)
Hammurabi’s empire.
c)
Mesopotamian city-states.
d)
Babylonian territory.
26.
What is a stele?
a)
a cylinder seal
b)
a stone slab
c)
colorful tiles
d)
a ziggurat garden
27.
Which of the following was the Phoenicians’ most lasting achievement?
a)
the wheel
b)
the alphabet
c)
polytheism
d)
the wagon
28.
The Phoenicians became skilled _ because they _ often with others around the Mediterranean Sea.
a)
priests; worshipped.
b)
writers; battled.
c)
shipbuilders; traded.
d)
traders; communicated.
29.
Which sequence correctly describes the rise of a civilization?
a)
Agriculture, Nomad, Specialization, Surplus
b)
Nomad, Surplus, Agriculture, Specialization
c)
Nomad, Agriculture, Surplus, Specialization
d)
Surplus, Specialization, Nomad, Agriculture
30.
______ were very important people. They were trained to write cuneiform and record many of the languages spoken in Mesopotamia. Without these people, letters would not have been written or read, royal monuments would not have been carved with cuneiform, and stories would have been told and then forgotten.
a)
kings
b)
scribes
c)
slaves
d)
warriors
31.
Hammurabi's Code was a set of nearly 300 laws used to govern the Kingdom of Babylon. While some consequences involved paying a fine, often __ was an acceptable form of punishment as well.
a)
excommunication
b)
being placed in the stocks
c)
violence
d)
being forced to watch Caillou
32.
The Sumerians are often credited with inventing...
a)
muskets
b)
papyrus
c)
fire
d)
the wheeled cart
33.
The development of writing in ancient Mesopotamia made possible the first viable __
a)
legal codes
b)
democracy
c)
national armies
d)
organized religions
34.
What conclusion can be made about one of the basic principals of justice in Hammurabi's Code?
a)
Everyone is treated equally before the law.
b)
A person may not change their social class status.
c)
People are treated differently based on their social class.
d)
Slaves are exempt (excused) from punishment.
35.
What did Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar have in common?
a)
both constructed one of the eight wonders of the world
b)
both built Babylon into a great power
c)
both captured Phoenicia
d)
both developed a code of laws
36.
100 years
a)
decade
b)
circa
c)
century
d)
years before zero
37.
Religious abbreviation of years before zero
a)
CE
b)
AD
c)
Century
d)
BC
38.
Religious abbreviation of years after zero
a)
AD
b)
BC
c)
circa
d)
century
39.
According to the quote, which is true? "Sumerians believe that gods descended to the earth using a ziggurat as a ladder."
a)
Sumerians were polytheistic
b)
Sumerians worshiped only one supreme god
c)
Sumerians lived on ziggurats
d)
Sumerians believed that gods walked among them
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