WorksheetsMesopotamia and Egypt
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which one did the Sumerians not contribute?
Cuneiform
Wheel
Science
Sailboat
What was the Egyptian writing system?
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
Latin
Pictographs
Did the Nile River run North to South?
True
False
What two rivers surrounded Mesopotamia?
Tigris River
Nile River
Tiber River
Euphrates River
What civilization invented and used canals?
Greek
Roman
Sumerian
Egyptian
What Egyptian Gods were involved in mummification?
Anubis, Osiris, Ma'at
Anubis, Thoth, Osiris
Ra, Thoth, Re
Geb, Horus, Isis
Were the Egyptians monotheistic or polytheistic?
Monotheistic
Polytheistic
How many cataracts were along the Nile River?
6
9
2
5
What is Polytheism?
Belief in many gods
Belief in no gods
Belief in one god
What is fertile soil?
Dry soil
Good soil for farming
Very wet soil
Were the Sumerians polytheistic or monotheistic?
Polytheistic
Monotheistic
Did both civilizations have social hierarchies?
No
Yes
What is an empire?
Before written records
People under authority
After written records
What was a scribe?
A hunter
A doctor
A writer
A farmer
Who created the first code of laws?
Poseidon
Hammurabi
Augustus
Julius Caesar
What is silt?
Cataracts
Concrete
Mixture of rich soil and rocks
Sumerians and Egypt feared floods
True
False, Sumer welcomed flooding while Egypt feared it
False, Egypt welcomed flooding while Sumer feared it
False, both civilizations welcomed flooding
What was a Pharaoh?
An Egyptian ruler, priest and god during the old and middle kingdom of Egypt
A Sumerian ruler, priest and god during the old and middle kingdom of Sumer
A king that led by force in Egypt
A king that led by force in Sumer
Egypt had fertile soil
True, but only by the Nile river
False
True, everywhere in Egypt was fertile soil
What kingdom were the Great Pyramids built?
Old kingdom
New kingdom
Old and middle kingdom
Middle and new kingdom
What did the Sumerians use to stop flooding?
Nothing, they welcomed floods
Canals
Silt
Passageways
Who created the first law code?
Shi Huangdi
Hammurabi
Queen Hatsheput
King Tut
Was Hammurabi law code fair?
Yes
No
How was Hammurabi's law code not fair?
It treated the poor and women with harsher punishments
It was fair
It treated the rich with harsher punishments
It was an eye for an eye
How was Egypt and Sumer similar?
They weren't
They were both monotheistic and river valley civilizations
They were both polytheistic and river valley civilizations
They both used trade and had standardized weights and money
