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WorksheetsC3S1 Mesopotamia & Characteristics of a Civilization
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does Mesopotamia mean in Greek?
a)
"land with no rivers"
b)
"land between the rivers"
c)
"middle land"
2.
Mesopotamia is located between which 2 rivers?
a)
Nile & Euphrates
b)
Tigris & Sumer
c)
Euphrates and Tigris
3.
What is the name of the world's first civilization?
a)
Sumer
b)
Mesopototamia
c)
Fertile Crescent
4.
What is a small, independent city with the surrounding countryside around it called?
a)
city
b)
civilization
c)
city-state
5.
Although Mesopotamia had fertile soil, farming wasn't easy there because of the uncontrollable water supply.
a)
true
b)
false
6.
Mesopotamia had a complex irrigation system that did NOT cross over many village boundaries.
a)
true
b)
false
7.
City-states NEVER fought each other because the walls and moats protected them so well.
a)
true
b)
false
8.
What is the type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task called?
a)
division of labor
b)
central government
c)
social hierarchy
9.
All advanced civilizations have a writing system.
a)
true
b)
false
10.
Which of the following is an example of how Sumer had a centralized government?
a)
Sumer was a democracy.
b)
Sumer was ruled by a king.
c)
Sumer was ruled by a dictator.
11.
A calendar is not a characteristic of an advanced civilization.
a)
true
b)
false
12.
All advanced civilizations will have advanced agriculture and trade networks.
a)
true
b)
false
13.
What type of religious system did Sumer have?
a)
Polytheism - they worshiped many gods
b)
Monotheism - they worshiped one god
c)
Sumer did not have a religious system.
14.
The use of metal tools is not a characteristic of an advanced civilization.
a)
true
b)
false
15.
What is the division of society based on rank or class called?
a)
Division of labor
b)
Social hierarchy
c)
Centralized government
16.
What is the name of the world's first written system, developed by the Sumerians, called?
a)
pictographs
b)
hieroglyphics
c)
cuneiform
17.
Which important technological advancement did the ancient Sumerians develop?
a)
wheel
b)
plow
c)
arch
d)
all of the above
18.
What were the names of the religious temples built by the Sumerians?
a)
ziggurats
b)
lyre
c)
cuneiform
19.
The Sumerians enjoyed music and musicians played a variety of instruments like the drums and the lyre.
a)
true
b)
false
20.
The Sumerians were skilled sculptors and created beautiful statues, pottery, and jewelry.
a)
true
b)
false
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