WorksheetsWH (A) Ch. 1 Mesopotamia / Early People
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 47mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
area between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
a)
Ziggurat
b)
Silt
c)
Mesopotamia
d)
Cuneiform
2.
Chaldean king who built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
a)
Sargon
b)
Nebuchadnezzar
c)
Hammurabi
d)
Scribe
3.
the worship of many gods
a)
monotheism
b)
polytheism
c)
multitheism
d)
tritheism
4.
He was known for writing a set of laws
a)
Nebuchadnezzar
b)
Sargon
c)
Scribe
d)
Hammurabi
5.
In which area did one of the first civilizations settle?
a)
farmland on a mountain
b)
island in a gulf
c)
land between two rivers
d)
desert area
6.
Who developed an alphabet to make words?
a)
Babylonians
b)
Phoenicians
c)
Hebrews
d)
Lydians
7.
Wedge-shaped writing
a)
ziggurat
b)
silt
c)
irrigation
d)
cuneiform
8.
What is the name of the area of arc-shaped land that was good for farming?
a)
Mediterranean Sea
b)
Fertile Arc
c)
Fertile Crescent
d)
Fertile Land Area
9.
This river forms the northeastern border of Mesopotamia
a)
Euphrates
b)
Tigris
c)
Nile
d)
Mississippi
10.
Which river forms the southwestern border of Mesopotamia?
a)
Euphrates
b)
Tigris
c)
Nile
d)
Rhine
11.
Why were scribes important people in Mesopotamia?
a)
They had acquired large amounts of land
b)
They refused to teach anyone else to read
c)
They negotiated treaties
d)
They kept records for the king.
12.
What attracted people to the Fertile Crescent?
a)
rich soil
b)
convenient navigation
c)
cool temperatures
d)
religious temples
13.
Hammurabi's code was significant because
a)
it was part of the oral traditions of Babylonia
b)
For the first time, laws were written down
c)
Everyone in the ancient world followed it
d)
The laws applied to everyone equally
14.
_______ means "land between two rivers."
a)
Crescent
b)
Euphrates
c)
Tigris
d)
Mesopotamia
15.
Ancient Mesopotamia existed between what two rivers?
a)
Tigris and Nile
b)
Euphrates and Nile
c)
Amazon and Nile
d)
Tigris and Euphrates
16.
Each city-state had it's own ________.
a)
farms
b)
animals
c)
food
d)
government
17.
Ur was an example of a _____ in Mesopotamia.
a)
village
b)
town
c)
city-state
d)
empire
18.
The first people to develop a civilization in Mesopotamia were the:
a)
Akkadians
b)
Babylonians
c)
Sumerians
19.
In Sumerian society, people's social class or rank depended on their wealth and:
a)
Appearnce
b)
Religion
c)
Occupation
20.
What was the most important contribution of the Phoenicians to our civilization?
a)
Their alphabet
b)
Founding of Carthage
c)
Sailing ships
21.
This was an area of land reaching up for Egypt and extending down into Iraq. It was an area where farming first developed and where the first towns were established.
a)
scribe
b)
Fertile Crescent
c)
empire
d)
polytheism
22.
The first ever writing system and was created in Mesopotamia.
a)
cuneiform
b)
empire
c)
scribe
d)
mesopotamia
23.
A community of people becomes this when it develops a large population with high levels of cultural and technological development.
a)
civililization
b)
polytheism
c)
irrigation
d)
scribe
24.
The region of Mesopotamia is located in the present day country of...?
a)
Iraq
b)
Iran
c)
Syria
d)
Turkey
25.
Which of the following phrases best describe the Phoenicians?
a)
expert sailors
b)
fierce warriors
c)
successful farmers
d)
thoughtful scribes
26.
Sumer was made up of...
a)
orovinces
b)
independent city-states
c)
kingdoms
d)
villages
27.
What is the monotheism?
a)
belief in more than one god
b)
means of transportation
c)
belief in one god
28.
a pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the tops, has many terraces
a)
pyramid
b)
ziggurat
c)
Ishtar
d)
battering ram
29.
The Fertile Crescent....
a)
was a large geographical region
b)
stretched from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea
c)
was the location where the earliest civilization started
d)
all of these
30.
Mesopotamia is called the "cradle of civilization" because
a)
many ideas and inventions used by other later civilizations came from Mesopotamia
b)
it was the world's first civilization
c)
none of the above
d)
It was were most babies were born
31.
After the rivers flooded a mixture of rich soil called ___________ covered the land and made it good for farming.
a)
Ziggurat
b)
Silt
c)
Polytheism
d)
Top Soil
32.
Empire responsible for Hammurabi's Code...
a)
Babylonian
b)
Httite
c)
Chaldean
d)
Assyrian
33.
Which groups used the chariot and iron weapons in battle
a)
Assyrians
b)
Chaldeans and Hittites
c)
Hittites
d)
Hittites and Assyrians
34.
The chariot and iron weapons were introduced to the Fertile Crescent by the Hittites
a)
True
b)
False
35.
the science of building
a)
cuneiform
b)
irrigation
c)
canal
d)
architecture
36.
a wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle
a)
chariot
b)
canal
c)
empire
d)
irrigation
37.
a political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding countryside
a)
empire
b)
division of labor
c)
city-state
d)
Fertile Crescent
38.
land with different territories and peoples under a single rule
a)
city-state
b)
empire
c)
rural
d)
urban
39.
long poems that tell the stories of heroes
a)
epics
b)
pictographs
c)
cuneiform
d)
alphabet
40.
king of Uruk, a city-state in Sumer, he became a legendary figure in Sumerian literature
a)
Nebuchadnezzar
b)
Gilgamesh
c)
priest
d)
scribe
41.
a set of 282 laws governing daily life in Babylon; the earliest known collection of written laws
a)
Hammurabi's Code
b)
pictographs
c)
epics
d)
social hierarchy
42.
Chaldean king, he rebuilt Babylon into a beautiful city, which featured the famed hanging gardens
a)
Nebuchadnezzar
b)
Sargon
c)
priest
d)
Gilgamesh
43.
a picture symbol
a)
pictograph
b)
epic
c)
alphabet
d)
cuneiform
44.
a countryside area
a)
city-state
b)
rural
c)
urban
d)
empire
45.
a writer
a)
epic
b)
scribe
c)
priest
d)
empire
46.
a city area
a)
rural
b)
urban
c)
city-state
d)
canal
47.
Sumerians first used cuneiform for what purpose?
a)
to keep business records
b)
to write stories
c)
as artwork
d)
for entertainment
48.
Which of these empires came after the Sumerians in Mesopotamia?
a)
Babylonian Empire
b)
Phoenician Empire
c)
Assyrian Empire
d)
All of these
49.
The tool used to write by the Sumeroans was called a (n)
a)
stylus
b)
pen
c)
pencil
d)
papyrus
50.
The best way to describe Paleolithic peoples and their way of life is by calling them
a)
artifacts
b)
hominids
c)
nomads
d)
prehistoric
51.
Which of the following is a study of past societies through an analysis of what people have left behind?
a)
history
b)
radiocarbon dating
c)
fossil analysis
d)
archaeology
52.
A Sumerian innovation used to create finely crafted metalwork.
a)
bronze
b)
theocracy
c)
silt
d)
cuneiform
53.
The period before writing was developed.
a)
cuneiform
b)
prehistory
c)
artisan
d)
monarch
54.
An object made by humans that sheds light on the past.
a)
artisan
b)
artifact
c)
Uruk
d)
monarch
55.
The longest river in the world, the flooding of which left a rich deposit of silt that enriched the soil and allowed Egyptian farmers to grow a surplus of food.
a)
Amazon
b)
Euphrates
c)
Tigris
d)
Nile
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