WorksheetsCh. 3 Mesopotamia
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 21mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which two land features gave Mesopotamia its name?
a)
Fertile Crescent & Mediterranean Sea
b)
Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea
c)
Northern Plateau and Southern Plateau
d)
Tigris River and the Euphrates River
2.
Which is the best explanation for why the Mesopotamians built canals?
a)
Needed a way to control the river's flow
b)
needed a way to control flooding
c)
needed a way to control low water levels
d)
needed a way to control the surplus
3.
Which is an inference about why city-states fought each other for farmland?
a)
Each city-state owned crops that had been destroyed by natural causes.
b)
Each city-state wanted to have enough farmland to grow food.
c)
Each city-state wanted to build walls around its farms.
d)
Each city-state had only one skill, which was farming.
4.
what did Sargon's empire have in common with other Mesopotamian city-states?
a)
It extended over a greater territory than anyone had ever conquered before.
b)
It fought with surrounding city-states.
c)
It covered an area from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf.
d)
It had a professional army.
5.
Who served a role between the Sumerians and the gods?
a)
farmers
b)
priests
c)
war chiefs
d)
political leaders
6.
What was most likely the reason that ziggurats were tall?
a)
to honor the gods
b)
so they could easily be found
c)
so architects could display their work
d)
to mark the center of the city
7.
The resource for which Phoenicia was well known was
a)
iron ore
b)
cedar wood
c)
fertile soil
d)
gold and silver
8.
What technology did the Hittites and Assyrians use in battle?
a)
fire and chariots
b)
bows and arrows
c)
iron weapons and chariots
d)
battleships and iron weapons
9.
Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar both
a)
built beautiful palaces
b)
used chariots in battle
c)
captured Phoenicia
d)
built up babylon
10.
What was the relationship between trade and the spread of the Phoenician alphabet?
a)
The Phoenician alphabet spread along their trade routes.
b)
Phoenicians traded knowledge of their alphabet for goods and services they needed
c)
Trade increased in places where the Phoenician alphabet was not used
d)
Phoenicians would only trade with people who could write in Phoenician
11.
What factor may have limited the growth of Sargon's empire?
a)
The Syrian Desert did not have enough good farmlind
b)
The Akkadian army stopped the empire from expanding to the south
c)
The Euphrates River often flooded, making farming difficult
d)
Ninevah did not have enough water to support its population
12.
The city-state of _________ rose to power after the death Sargon I
a)
Babylon
b)
Ur
13.
Sumerian city centers were dominated by _________
a)
palaces
b)
temples
14.
Sumerians used sharp _________ to make symbols on clay tablets.
a)
reeds
b)
knives
15.
A king known as ____________ became a legendary figure in Sumerian literature.
a)
Ur-Zababa
b)
Gilgamesh
16.
The Army of ________ defeated all the city-states of Sumer and conquered northern Mesopotamia.
a)
Sargon I
b)
Kish
17.
Hunter-gatherer groups first settled in Mesopotamia more than 20,000 tears ago.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
The amount of land controlled by each city-state depended on its population.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
sumerians developed a math system based on the number 100.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Sumerian women could be important religious leaders.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Babylon was located near present-day Baghdad, Iraq.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
A large arc of fertile farmland
a)
Fertile Crescent
b)
Epics
c)
Pictographs
d)
Social Hierarchy
23.
Long poems that tell a story of a hero
a)
polytheism
b)
epics
c)
chariot
d)
pictograph
24.
A wheeled, horse-drawn battle cart
a)
social hierarchy
b)
monarch
c)
irrigation
d)
chariot
25.
Picture symbols used for written communication.
a)
Pictographs
b)
Monarch
c)
Alphabet
d)
Epics
26.
The worship of many gods
a)
polytheism
b)
social hierarchy
c)
fertile crescent
d)
scribe
27.
A set of letters that can be combined to form words.
a)
alphabet
b)
pictographs
c)
scribe
d)
monarch
28.
Located in the countryside
a)
Rural
b)
Urban
c)
Epics
d)
Polytheism
29.
A way of supplying water to an area of land
a)
irrigation
b)
city-state
c)
silt
d)
scribe
30.
A ruler of a kingdom or empire
a)
epics
b)
chariot
c)
monarch
d)
scribe
31.
A division of society by rank or class
a)
monarch
b)
social hierarchy
c)
city-state
d)
polytheism
32.
What factor may have limited the growth of Sargon's empire?
a)
The akkadian army stopped the empire from expanding to the south
b)
The Syrian Desert did not have enough good farmland
c)
Ninevah did not have enough water to support its population
d)
The Euphrates River often floooded, making farming difficult
33.
Farmers and laborers made up the Summerian ___________ class.
a)
middle
b)
working
34.
Irrigation made farmers in Mesopotamia more productive
a)
True
b)
False
35.
Mesopotamia means "the land between the rivers" in Greek
a)
True
b)
False
36.
What was the social hierarchy of ancient Sumer?
a)
Kings, Priests, Merchants, Farmers, Slaves
b)
Slaves, Kings, Priests, Farmers
c)
Kings, Farmers, Priests
37.
What does the location of temples in Sumerian cities tell you about Sumerian culture?
a)
Center of City - Important
b)
Outside of the City to be holy
38.
The Akkadians and the Sumericnas lived in peace for many years.
a)
True
b)
False
39.
The reason for the Assyrian Empire's success was its strong army
a)
True
b)
False
40.
You are a farmer in ancient Mesopotamia and you grow 500 bushels a year. Your family uses 300 bushels a year. What do you have?
a)
a surplus of 200 bushels
b)
a surplus of 300 bushels
c)
a surplus of 500 bushels
d)
a surplus of 800 bushels
41.
When did the first cities develop in Mesopotamia?
a)
about 12,000 years ago
b)
around 8000 bc
c)
around 6000 bc
d)
between 3000bc and 4000 bc
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