WorksheetsPeople of the Fertile Crescent
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
Sumer is important in world history because it was
the world’s largest empire.
the world’s first civilization.
where the first fishing villages developed
where human beings evolved.
Phoenicia did not have its own supply of ivory, so it traded ivory with other regions, which made ivory a Phoenician
impossibility
import
natural resource
export
What led to the conquest of Sumer?
The fighting among city-states
The unification of city-states
The peace among the city-states
The wealth of city-states
What pattern did the laws in Hammurabi’s code follow?
Punishment, explanation
Offense, explanation
Punishment, offense
Offense, punishment
Which word characterizes the soil of the Fertile Crescent?
rocky
rich
Unproductive
dry
The spread of the Phoenician alphabet to Greece and eventually to Rome is an example of
ethnicity
irrigation
cultural diffusion
conquered colonization
What city became the center of Hammurabi’s Mesopotamian empire?
Lagash
Ur
Babylon
Umma
The idea that everyone must obey the law, including powerful politicians, is found in Hammurabi’s Code and is known as the
rules
cuneiform code.
rule of law
code
Read the excerpt from Hammurabi’s Code: “If a man has knocked out the eye of a patrician
(aristocrat), his eye shall be knocked out…If he has knocked out the eye of a plebeian (commoner)…he shall pay one mina of silver. If he has knocked out the eye of a patrician’s servant…he shall pay half his value.” What does this quote say about the nature of Hammurabi’s Code?
The law did not treat all members of society equally.
The law’s punishments did not encourage social order.
the law did not address private matters, such as taxes.
The law’s punishments encouraged social order.
The term Mesopotamia refers to land between
Uruk and Ur.
The Arabian peninsula and the Sinai peninsula.
Sumer and Egypt.
The Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
A ziggurat is a type of
building
epic poem
religious ceremony
writing
In cuneiform, Sumerian scribes used what to represent words, sounds, or ideas?
numbers
simple pictures.
the first alphabet
wedge-shaped symbols
Why did priests play an important role in Sumerian city states?
Sumerians feared priests because they led rituals involving human sacrifice.
Sumerians believed only priests could communicate with the gods to help the city prosper.
Priests and temples controlled much of the surrounding farmlands.
Priests were at the bottom of the social pyramid
What was a tribute?
a payment made from the government to a fallen soldier’s family.
a payment made to show loyalty to a stronger power
an offering made to the gods
an allowance from the government to farmers
A cavalry is made up of
soldiers who march on foot.
professional soldiers.
soldiers who ride horses.
soldiers who use iron weapons.
The goods made and shipped by Phoenicia to other lands are called
exports
resources
imports
tributes
How did Darius govern over the vast Persian Empire?
He created a uniform set of laws that applied to each of his territories.
He banned local customs and imposed Persian ways on all people.
He traveled from province to province to oversee government personally.
He divided the empire into provinces and appointed leaders for each province.
Look at the photograph to the left: What Sumerian art form does this photograph show?
cuneiform printing.
stone stelae
cylinder seals
ivory netsuke
What location is at #1 on the map?
Mediterranean Sea
Sinai Peninsula
Zagros Mountains
Persian Gulf
What location is at # 2
Persian Gulf
Caspian Sea
Zagros Mountains
Mesopotamia
What is the location # 5 on this map?
Tigris river
Euphrates river
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean Sea
What is the location at #4 on this map?
Persian gulf
Zagros mountains
Tigris River
Sinai Peninsula
What is the location at # 8 on the map?
Persian Gulf
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Sinai Peninsula
What is the location at # 7 on this map?
Tigris river
Sinai peninsula
Euphrates river
Caspian Sea
What is the location at # 6 on this map?
Caspian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Persian Gulf
Mesopotamia
What is the location at # 3 on this map?
Persian Gulf
Tigris River
Sinai Peninsula
Mediterranean Sea
