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Mesopotamia

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Mesopotamia was between two rivers named _________.
a)
Jordan and Draper
b)
Tigris and Euphrates
c)
Nile and Elephant 
2.
Mesopotamia is called the "cradle of ________." 
a)
Civilization
b)
Dolls
c)
Hammurabi 
3.
The wedge-shaped writing that Mesopotamians used was called ________.
a)
Cuneiform 
b)
Cave Paintings 
c)
Drawings 
4.
The two important cities in Mesopotamia were _______.
a)
Draper and Salt Lake City 
b)
Egypt and London 
c)
Babylon and Ur
5.
The world's first written story was about _______.
a)
Mesopotamia 
b)
Gilgamesh
c)
Hammurabi 
6.
Mesopotamians believed in ______.
a)
One God
b)
No Gods
c)
Many Gods
7.
Mesopotamian temples were called ______.
a)
Ziggurats
b)
Caves
c)
Pyramids 
8.
Hammurabi created the first written _______.
a)
stories
b)
books
c)
laws
9.
Laws were made to help the people of Mesopotamia ______.
a)
Be good
b)
Write songs
c)
Sing Songs 
10.
Traditions are ______.
a)
1st graders working hard
b)
people smiling 
c)
ideas that are passed on
11.
Review: What is a community?
a)
A group of people living or working in the same area
b)
People who run all the time
c)
A play ground  
12.
Review: What does respect mean?
a)
A wrecker 
b)
A bad day
c)
Kind and courteous behavior 
13.
History is _______.
a)
A story of people who lived before us
b)
A list of adjectives 
14.
Review: When people settle in one place and grow their own food, we call this _______.
a)
Education
b)
Civilization 
15.
Review: The first civilizations began in ______ and _____.
a)
Europe and Australia 
b)
Asia and Africa