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Fertile Crescent MESOPOTAMIA

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The green curved area on this map is ALSO known as

a)

the Farming Curve

b)

the Fertile Crescent

c)

the Green C

d)

the Fertile Curve

2.
Skilled workers who made stuff like metal, cloth, or pottery were...
a)
Priests
b)
Artisans 
c)
Scribes
d)
Heroes
3.

Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?

a)

the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean

b)

the Tigris and the Persian Gulf

c)

the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates

d)

the Euphrates and the Tigris

4.
Who wrote a code of laws that covered most areas of daily life?
a)
Gilgamesh
b)
Hammurabi
c)
Nineveh
d)
Sargon
5.
The Sumerian writing system was___
a)
Cuneiform
b)
Hieroglyphs
c)
English
d)
Sargon
6.
Which of these were members of the upper class
a)
kings & priests
b)
merchants & traders
c)
servants
d)
slaves
7.
A Sumerian temple to honor a god was called
a)
scribe
b)
cradle
c)
Gilgamesh
d)
ziggurat
8.

The main religion of the Sumerians was ___

a)

Monotheistic (one god)

b)

Polytheistic (many gods)

9.
Babylonian leader who created a written code of 282 laws that dealt with every part of life
a)
Gilgamesh
b)
Sargon
c)
Hammurabi 
d)
Sumer
10.

When you're ruled by a single person

a)

Anarchy

b)

Theocracy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Democracy

11.
Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops 
a)
irrigation
b)
nomads
c)
ziggurat
d)
scribes
12.
"Mesopotamia" means
a)
middle of the fertile crescent
b)
in the middle of the desert 
c)
land between the rivers
d)
land north of the sea
13.

Why was writing invented?

a)

for texting

b)

to write stories

c)

for fun

d)

to keep records

14.
What modern day country is Mesopotamia mostly in?
a)
India
b)
Egypt
c)
China
d)
Iraq
15.
Mesopotamians traded ____ in order to get other resources they needed
a)
wood & stone
b)
cuneiform tablets
c)
surplus grain
d)
irrigation equipment
16.
what's an example of Sumerians' technology?
a)
plows
b)
polytheism
c)
social classes
d)
their use of mud in building
17.

What attracted the first people to the Fertile Crescent?

a)

rich soil

b)

best sushi in town

c)

religion

d)

had best army

18.
belief in many gods
a)
monotheistic
b)
culture
c)
polytheistic
d)
surplus
19.
used to control flooding and provide water to crops
a)
Ziggurats
b)
Domestication
c)
Agriculture
d)
Irrigation
20.

Which of the following best describes cuneiform?

a)

writing using picture symbols

b)

writing using wedge-shaped symbols

c)

writing using complex ideas such as "joy"

21.
Who were the Phoenicians? 
a)
expert sailors
b)
fierce warriors
c)
successful farmers
d)
thoughtful scribes
22.

Who developed the first alphabet system of writing?

a)

Babylonians

b)

Phoenicians

c)

Hebrews

d)

Egyptians

23.

What is the monotheism?

a)

belief in more than one god

b)

a type of transportation

c)

belief in one god

24.

A person whose job was to write & keep records in the ancient world

a)

sargon

b)

dictator

c)

polytheist

d)

scribe

25.

largest and most impressive temples in Mesopotamia

a)

ziggurat

b)

teepees

c)

cuneiform

d)

pyramids

26.
What was cuneiform?
a)
the first known writing
b)
way to collect rainfall
c)
set of written laws
27.
Which year was the longest ago in time?
a)
500 BC
b)
1700 BC
c)
2000 AD
d)
700 AD
28.
What is silt?
a)
long period without rain 
b)
tiny bits of soil and rock carries by water
c)
wearing away of soil by water and wind
d)
the watering of crops
29.
a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the tops, has many terraces
a)
pyramid
b)
ziggurat
c)
Ishtar
d)
battering ram
30.
What was the purpose of irrigation?
a)
keep crops dry
b)
to provide water to crops
c)
provide indoor plumbing
d)
give people drinking water
31.
What 2 things did people in the Fertile Crescent mix to make BRONZE?
a)
charcoal and stone
b)
wood and copper
c)
copper and iron
d)
copper and tin
32.

the first major one-God religion that evolved in the Fertile Crescent AFTER the Sumerians

a)

Judaism

b)

Christianity

c)

Buddhism

d)

Islam

33.
A carved or inscribed upright stone
a)
mosaic
b)
lamassus
c)
stele
34.

What was a cylinder seal used for?

a)

Making pots

b)

It was a weapon

c)

marking the owner of something

35.

Hammurabi's Code could be described as:

a)

specialized workers

b)

Babylonian inventions

c)

harsh rules

36.
Which of these are Mesopotamian inventions?
a)
Plow
b)
Wheel
c)
Sailboat
d)
ALL OF THEM
37.

The Phoenicians dominated _______ trade all across the Mediterranean Sea

a)

land

b)

all

c)

sea

d)

air

38.

Phoenicians were good at steering ships from place to place, or _____.

a)

import

b)

navigation

c)

export

d)

colony

39.
goods from your country that are SOLD to ANOTHER COUNTRY are 
a)
imports
b)
exports
40.

a new settlement ruled by a far-away country

a)

colony

b)

navigation

c)

empire

d)

country

41.

What Sumerian idea are we still using today?

a)

360 degrees in a circle

b)

60 minutes in an hour

c)

60 seconds in a minute

d)

All of these

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