WorksheetsUnit 2 (Mesopotamia and Egypt)
Total questions: 92
Worksheet time: 58mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
"the land between the rivers"; an early civilization between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
a)
China
b)
India
c)
Egypt
d)
Mesopotamia
2.
The type of arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or job
a)
Division of Labor (Specialization)
b)
Polytheism
c)
Work Force
d)
Domestication of Labor
3.
A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside
a)
City-State
b)
Country
c)
Villiage
d)
Culture
4.
Belief in more than one god
a)
Polytheism
b)
Monotheism
c)
Theocracy
d)
Theology
5.
Temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshiped
a)
City-States
b)
Statues
c)
Churches
d)
Ziggurats
6.
A form of writing that uses groups of wedges and lines. It originated in Mesopotamia.
a)
Heiroglyphics
b)
Cuneiform
c)
Sumerian
d)
Sanskrit
7.
The earliest form of writing in which pictures represented word or ideas
a)
Cave Paintings
b)
Pictograms
c)
Hieroglyphics
d)
Sumerian
8.
A person who writes
a)
Author
b)
Scribe
c)
Hammurabi
d)
Illustrator
9.
Babylonian leader who created the first written code of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life
a)
Gilgamesh
b)
Sargon
c)
Hammurabi
d)
Sumer
10.
Rule by one person, a king or queen
a)
Dictatorship
b)
Theorcracy
c)
Monarchy
d)
Oligarchy
11.
A belief in one God
a)
Gilgamesh
b)
monotheism
c)
polytheism
d)
scribe
12.
Curved strip of land that runs from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
Fertile Crescent
c)
silt
d)
Babylon
13.
A system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams
a)
Fertile Crescent
b)
polytheism
c)
cuneiform
d)
irrigation
14.
What are the two main rivers in Mesopotamia?
a)
Tigris and Nile
b)
Tigris and Amazon
c)
Tigris and Euphrates
d)
Euphrates and Mississippi
15.
What were the rivers effect on people?
a)
provided fertile soil
b)
killed crops
c)
they were calming
d)
were pretty to look at
16.
Why was writing first invented?
a)
for texting
b)
to write stories
c)
for fun
d)
to keep records
17.
What role does ziggurats play in Mesopotamia?
a)
Home for the Priests
b)
House of worship
c)
Castle
d)
Slave Quarters
18.
What modern day country is Mesopotamia mostly in?
a)
India
b)
Egypt
c)
China
d)
Iraq
19.
Each Sumerian city-state was considered a state in itself, with its own god and government.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
The Sumerians invented something that made it possible for their armies to use chariots. What was it?
a)
harnesses
b)
swords
c)
wheels
d)
horseshoes
21.
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
22.
Skilled workers who made metal, cloth, or pottery products were called
a)
Priests
b)
Artisans
c)
Scribes
d)
Heros
23.
Which of the following were members of the upper class?
a)
kings and priests
b)
artisans
c)
merchants and traders
d)
scribes
24.
When the Akkadians under Sargon conquered the city-states of Sumer, they created the first
a)
empire
b)
huge city-state
c)
nation
d)
democracy
25.
What was the main religion of the Sumerians?
a)
Monotheism
b)
Christianity
c)
Polytheism
d)
Judaism
26.
Why was Sargon important?
a)
He united Babylon to create the first empire
b)
He united Mesopotamia and created the first Empire
c)
He united Mesopotamia and made the first civilization
d)
He united Babylon and created the first civilization
27.
Rule by one person, a king or queen
a)
Dictatorship
b)
Theorcracy
c)
Monarchy
d)
Oligarchy
28.
The word "Mesopotamia" means
a)
middle of the fertile crescent
b)
land in the middle of the desert
c)
land between the rivers
d)
land north of the sea
29.
Sumer was mainly made up of..
a)
City States
b)
An empire
c)
Villages
d)
Farms
30.
What did Babylon eventually do?
a)
Took over Egypt
b)
Destroyed all the city-states
c)
Conquer all of Mesopotamia
d)
Became a dictatorship
31.
What kind of things did Hammurabi oversee as king?
a)
The destruction of the city-states
b)
The defeat of Egypt
c)
Building and irrigation projects
d)
A shift from polytheism to monotheism
32.
What was Hammurabi most famous for?
a)
His awesome beard
b)
His battle strategies
c)
His code of laws
d)
His iron weapons
33.
What was Hammurabi's code?
a)
A battle strategy
b)
A set of laws
c)
A computer program
d)
A type of irrigation system
34.
What was the idea behind Hammurabi's code?
a)
"A Diet Coke for $1.25"
b)
"A kingdom for a horse"
c)
"A demerit for a demerit"
d)
"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"
35.
What was an idea behind Hammurabi's code?
a)
The punishment should fit the crime
b)
The king should have absolute power
c)
The rich should rule the poor
d)
All people are equal
36.
What is a reason why Hammurabi's code was important?
a)
Because it was the first religious text in history
b)
Because even the gods followed it
c)
Because they used it to capture other empires
d)
Because it was written down
37.
What language was Hammurabi's code written in?
a)
Sanskrit
b)
Hieroglyphics
c)
Phoenician alphabet
d)
Cuneiform
38.
What was Hammurabi eventually able to do?
a)
Create a new religion
b)
Bring all of Mesopotamia into his empire
c)
Defeat Egypt
d)
Ban polytheism
39.
What did the Hittites make their weapons out of?
a)
Gold
b)
Stone
c)
Steel
d)
Iron
40.
What was the advantage of iron weapons?
a)
They were used as a symbol of power by the kings of the Hittites
b)
They were stronger than what the enemies of the Hittites had
c)
It was especially effective against the Egyptians
d)
They were not as powerful as previous weapons
41.
What was the key to Assyria's success?
a)
Belief in many gods
b)
Effective kings
c)
Canons
d)
Strong army
42.
What happened to the people who resisted the Assyrians?
a)
They were used as slaves
b)
They were killed
c)
The gods and goddesses dragged them to the underworld
d)
They were given demerits
43.
What did the Assyirans build to connect their cities?
a)
Canals
b)
Railroads
c)
Roads
d)
Waterways
44.
who was the youngest Egyptian king
a)
hatshepsut
b)
king tut
c)
randy
d)
khfu
45.
An Egyptian king was called a ___________
a)
scribe
b)
servant
c)
papyrus
d)
pharaoh
46.
What the major river that was in Ancient Egypt?
a)
Amazon
b)
Mississippi
c)
Nile
d)
Tiber
47.
Which way did the Nile flow?
a)
North to South
b)
South to North
c)
East to West
d)
West to East
48.
True or False? There was an Upper and Lower Egypt.
a)
True
b)
False
49.
Ancient Egyptians believed their king was ___________________
a)
a normal person
b)
a representative of the gods
c)
a god
d)
a cat that came back to life
50.
Egyptians had a written language using pictures. It was called ____________.
a)
cuneiform
b)
English
c)
hieroglyphics
d)
Cursive
51.
Because one physical feature was so vital to ancient settlers of Egypt and Kush, MOST of their settlements were
a)
on hills
b)
in a desert
c)
near a river
d)
around trees
52.
What was a MAJOR purpose for building the pyramids?
a)
temples for religious worship
b)
storehouses for reserves of grain
c)
homes for the pharaohs' servants
d)
tombs for pharaohs when they died
53.
How did the yearly flooding of the Nile River affect the people of Egypt and Kush?
a)
It isolated the settlements.
b)
It left silt that improved the soil.
c)
It spread diseases that destroyed whole empires.
d)
It attracted hunters and gatherers looking for wildlife.
54.
Which period is often called the Golden Age, a time when Egypt had reached the height of its power?
a)
the Old Kingdom
b)
the Middle Kingdom
c)
the New Kingdom
d)
after the New Kingdom
55.
Hatshepsut was the FIRST pharaoh was was
a)
a god.
b)
a child.
c)
a priest.
d)
a woman.
56.
Which of these activities was permitted ONLY to men?
a)
owning land
b)
running businesses
c)
working as a scribe
d)
asking for a divorce
57.
What was one of the few ways that a boy from a peasant family could rise to a higher social class?
a)
store a lot of grain
b)
attend scribe school
c)
help build a pyramid
d)
take care of a temple
58.
Of these four groups, which one had the LOWEST social status?
a)
priests
b)
scribes
c)
artisans
d)
government officials
59.
The Old Kingdom is also known as the
a)
Age of the Nobles
b)
Age of the Empire
c)
Age of the Pyramids
60.
How did most people in Egypt earn a living?
a)
trade
b)
fishing
c)
farming
d)
metal working
61.
The Nile River is the _____________ river in the world.
a)
widest
b)
shortest
c)
fastest
d)
longest
62.
During the ____________, the Egyptians began to build pyramids.
a)
Old Kingdom
b)
Middle Kingdom
c)
New Kingdom
d)
Newest Kingdom
63.
In what two ways are Mesopotamia and Egypt the same?
a)
Farming surpluses meant people could become artisans and traders. Both economies grew as a result.
b)
Both civilizations had the same religion and government
c)
Both had the same natural defense and flooding schedules
d)
Both had major rivers and dependable floods
64.
How did the Egyptians take advantage of the Nile's yearly spring flooding?
a)
They became successful farmers
b)
They created hieroglyphics
c)
They grew papyrus
d)
They irrigated during the dry season
65.
a line of rulers from one family
a)
delta
b)
papyrus
c)
hieroglyphic
d)
dynasty
66.
Who would the people blame if crops did not grow or if disease struck?
a)
the farmers
b)
the mummies
c)
the pharaoh
d)
the dynasty that was in power
67.
Describe the burial practices of Egyptians?
a)
They used a funeral pyre for the dead.
b)
They carried the dead to a nearby country.
c)
They preserved bodies as mummies.
d)
They were buried in the river.
68.
Why were tombs filled with art, jewelry, etc.....?
a)
Tombs were museums.
b)
Tombs were private storage for the pharaoh.
c)
Tombs were the safest place in the kingdom.
d)
They believed the dead enjoyed their materials in the afterlife.
69.
Whose tomb was discovered in 1922?
a)
King Tutankhamen
b)
Ahmose
c)
Ramese
d)
Queen Hatsheput
70.
What was learned through studying King Tut's tomb?
a)
He was a king.
b)
The burial practices of Egyptians.
c)
He was wealthy.
d)
He had many wives.
71.
The worship of many gods.
a)
monotheism
b)
irrigation
c)
polytheism
d)
epic
72.
Egyptian writing system
a)
papyrus
b)
alaphabet
c)
cuneiform
d)
heiroglyphics
73.
Where is the most fertile soil in Egypt?
a)
Nile Delta
b)
desert
c)
far south
d)
cataracts
74.
What is papyrus?
a)
mud used in building
b)
plant from which paper is made
c)
rock used to make tools
d)
animal skin
75.
Why was the Rosetta Stone so important?
a)
It helped archaeologists decipher Egyptian writing?
b)
It gave clues about building.
c)
It was a book of the dead.
d)
It told how pharaoh's rules.
76.
Who is at the top of the Egyptian social hierarchy?
a)
slaves
b)
pharaoh
c)
scribe
d)
merchant
77.
What was the Egyptian economy based on?
a)
farming
b)
sale of artwork
c)
mining
d)
painting temples
78.
This device helped lift water from the river
a)
ladle
b)
scoop
c)
shaduf
d)
jar
79.
Steep river rapids, almost impossible to sail by boat
a)
delta
b)
canal
c)
dam
d)
cataracts
80.
What religions came from Judaism?
a)
Christian and Islam
b)
Hinduism and Buddism
81.
Who did the Jews worship?
a)
God
b)
Athena
c)
Zues
82.
Who is Abraham?
a)
GOD
b)
The person who made a covenant with God
c)
IDK
d)
IDC
83.
______ is the Jewish holy book.
a)
Torah
b)
Synagogue
c)
Monotheism
84.
___________ is considered to be the founder of Judaism.
a)
Abraham
b)
Jesus
c)
David
d)
Muhammad
85.
A ______ is a Jewish house of worship.
a)
synagogue
b)
mosque
c)
Torah
86.
What are the 10 Commandments?
a)
Laws and guidelines on how to live for God
b)
The Jewish Holy Book
c)
A letter God wrote to Abraham
87.
This is a written code of moral laws?
a)
Hammurabi's Law
b)
Bill of Rights
c)
Ten Commandments
d)
Canaan
88.
Abraham started the Jewish religion in Canaan. Where is that located today?
a)
Mesopotamia
b)
Israel
c)
Egypt
89.
__________ is the belief in one god.
a)
Polytheism
b)
Monotheism
90.
The Israelites become __________ while in Egypt.
a)
farmers
b)
traders
c)
idol worshipers
d)
slaves
91.
______ is a person who claims to be instructed by God.
a)
Proverb
b)
warrior
c)
king
d)
prophet
92.
______ is the Jewish day of rest and worship.
a)
Sunday
b)
Sabbath
c)
Synagogue
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