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Mesopotamia Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many rivers make up Mesopotamia?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

2.

What are the names of the TWO rivers that make up Mesopotamia?

a)

Nile and Tigris

b)

Tigris and Indus

c)

Euphrates and Nile

d)

Tigris and Euphrates

3.

Mesopotamia is known as the _____________________________

a)

Land between the mountains

b)

Land between the rivers

c)

Land between the seas

d)

none of the above

4.

Mesopotamia is also known as _________________________

a)

Dry Land

b)

Fertile Crescent

c)

Rivers that feed us

d)

irrigation canals

5.

What word describes this definition - an advanced state of human society that has culture, science, writing, and government

a)

polytheism

b)

irrigation

c)

division of labor

d)

civilization

6.

What word describes this definition - a belief in many gods and goddesses

a)

civilization

b)

domestication

c)

polytheism

d)

monotheism

7.

TRUE or FALSE: Mesopotamia is the world's first civilization

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

8.

What present day country in Asia was once home to the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia?

a)

Syria

b)

Iraq

c)

Jordan

d)

Turkey

9.

What was the name of the Babylonian King that had a harsh set of laws in place?

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Marduk

c)

Shamash

d)

Mr. O

10.

What were the names of the temples that the Mesopotamians would go to worship their gods?

a)

church

b)

pyramid

c)

mud brick homes

d)

ziggurats

11.

TRUE or FALSE: Jewelry was a sign of power and wealth in Mesopotamia

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

TRUE or FALSE - the Mesopotamians invented the world's first writing

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

13.

What was the name of the first form of writing?

a)

hieroglyphics

b)

alphabet

c)

sanskrit

d)

cuneiform

14.

TRUE or FALSE: The Mesopotamians invented a system of math, the wheel, and a sailboat

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

15.

Who was at the top of the social class in Mesopotamia?

a)

slaves

b)

priests

c)

kings

d)

upper/lower class

16.

When the Mesopotamians invented writing - time changed from prehistory to ______________________

a)

history

b)

math

c)

science

d)

geography

17.

The period of history before the invention of writing

a)

irrigation

b)

division of labor

c)

Domestication

d)

prehistory

18.

the process of making improvements or changes to a product

a)

irrigation

b)

innovation

c)

hunters and gatherers

d)

agriculture

19.

nomadic people who live by farming, fishing, and harvesting crops

a)

hunters and gatherers

b)

agriculture

c)

prehistory

d)

domestication

20.

method or system to supply water in areas of land

a)

irrigation

b)

domestication

c)

innovation

d)

agriculture

21.

the taming of wild animals and crops

a)

agriculture

b)

domestication

c)

innovation

d)

irrigation

22.

the practice of raising and farming crops and animals

a)

domestication

b)

agriculture

c)

irrigation

d)

prehistory

23.

What is the MOST important part of a civilization?

a)

government

b)

social class

c)

writing

d)

religion

24.

This wedge-shaped writing is known as -

a)

cuneiform

b)

hieroglyphics

c)

sanskrit

d)

chinese

25.

TRUE or FALSE - Men in Mesopotamia wore more jewelry than women

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

26.

Hammurabi's Code can BEST be described as -

a)

awesome set of rules

b)

foot for a foot

c)

eye for an eye - tooth for tooth

27.

How many laws did Hammurabi have?

a)

10

b)

100

c)

282

28.

What made the soil so good for farming in the Fertile Crescent?

a)

rivers were dry

b)

rivers would flood every year leaving behind good soil

c)

it wasn't good soil

29.

Everyone in the Mesopotamian civilization had a job - this is known as -

a)

agriculture

b)

division of labor

c)

innovation

d)

hunters and gatherers

30.

What were the names of the MEN that wrote in cuneiform?

a)

Teachers

b)

Farmers

c)

Priests

d)

Scribes