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Ancient Mesopotamia Review 2

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What pattern did the laws in Hammurabi’s Code follow?

a)

Punishment, offense

b)

Punishment, explanation

c)

Offense, punishment

d)

Offense, explanation

2.

Why were people in the Fertile Crescent able to trade with others in the area?

a)

They had extra food

b)

They ate everything they grew

c)

They spent all their time farming

d)

They lived close to one another

3.

Who were the first group of people to live in Mesopotamia?

a)

Akkadians

b)

Babylonians

c)

Assyrians

d)

Sumerians

4.

The early people of Mesopotamia used what form of technology to control the flooding of the rivers?

a)

chariot

b)

irrigation canal

c)

bow and arrow

d)

boat

5.

What is a large temple found in Sumerian cities intended to be used for worship of the gods?

a)

pyramid

b)

ziggarat

c)

irrigation canal

d)

bronze sculpture

6.
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
7.

What is the term for a city whose ruler controls all the surrounding territory?

a)

City-State

b)

Nation-state

c)

Villiage

d)

Culture

8.
Fine dirt that is deposited when rivers flood.  This made land great for farming near the Tigris, Euphrates, and Indus Rivers.
a)
Silt
b)
Clay
c)
Sand
d)
soil
9.
Mesopotamia lies between these two rivers...
a)
Indus and Ganges
b)
Fox and Wolf
c)
Ural and Yanghtzee
d)
Tigris and Euphrates
10.
Because of its rich farmland, Mesopotamia is also known as...
a)
The Fertile Crescent
b)
The Farm Factory
c)
The Fertile Farmland
d)
The Agricultural Crescent
11.
Today, Mesopotamia is located in the country of ___________.
a)
Iran
b)
Syria
c)
Iraq
d)
Turkey
12.
Cuneiform was the first ______.
a)
Spoken language
b)
Test
c)
Poem
d)
Written language
13.
An epic poem from Mesopotamia time describes the life of a legendary king named __________.
a)
Sargon
b)
Nebachadnezzar 
c)
Gilgamesh
d)
Cleopatra
14.
wedge-shaped writing on clay tablets - writing system of Sumerans.
a)
Polytheistic
b)
Ziggurat
c)
Code of Hammurabi
d)
Cuneiform
15.
a strict and harsh set of laws in ancient Mesopotamia
a)
Polytheistic
b)
Ziggurat
c)
Code of Hammurabi
d)
Cuneiform
16.
a temple where Sumerians believed gods and goddesses ruled the city
a)
Polytheistic
b)
Ziggurat
c)
Code of Hammurabi
d)
Cuneiform
17.
What is a complex society with religion, government, learning, division of labor, and a stable food supply?
a)
city-state
b)
colony
c)
civilization
d)
status
18.
Who were skilled workers who made metal products, cloth or pottery?
a)
farmers
b)
scribes
c)
kings
d)
artisans
19.

How are Hammurabi's laws related to USA laws? ( DOK 3 )

a)

They are laws that help keep societies keep structure and order.

b)

They are a set of laws that are broken.

c)

They are laws that include going to church.

d)

They are laws that include an eye for an eye.

20.
What developed as a result of a surplus production of goods?
a)
New religious sects
b)
Extensive trade networks
c)
Nomadic communities
d)
Constant warfare
21.
Along which natural feature did early trading centers emerge?
a)
Rivers and other large bodies of water
b)
Deserts and forests
c)
Mountains and plateaus
d)
Roads and bridges
22.
Which statement is true of a society that develops specialization?
a)
Most members of the community are hunter-gatherers
b)
The community migrates often to find raw materials and resources
c)
Housing is developed from animal bones and hides
d)
People working have different jobs, such as potters, weavers, scribes, etc.
23.
The population increased due to the emergence of agriculture. For this reason, what was created to help maintain the wellbeing of society due to the population growth?
a)
New business
b)
Military forces
c)
Government
d)
Schools
24.
How did Sumerian farmers control the water supply?
a)
They built levees to prevent flooding.
b)
The dug canals to shape the paths the water took.
c)
They built reservoirs to store water for later use.
d)
All of the above.
25.
In Sumer, the water supply was
a)
inadequate.  Farmers never had enough water.
b)
unreliable. Farmers had either too much water or too little.
c)
extreme. Farmers had too much water all the time.
d)
contaminated. Farmers rarely had enough clean water.
26.

Long, fictional story written in cuneiform

a)

Ziggurat

b)

Code of Hammurabi

c)

Cultural Hearth

d)

Epic of Gilgamesh

27.

What does letter A represent?

a)

Tigris

b)

Euphrates

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Fertile Crescent

28.

What does letter B represent?

a)

Tigris

b)

Euphrates

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Fertile Crescent

29.

Which body of water is circled?

a)

North Sea

b)

Black Sea

c)

Mediterranean Sea

d)

Atlantic Ocean

30.
Which body of water is in the red rectangle?
a)
Persian Gulf
b)
Gulf of Oman
c)
Gulf of Aden
d)
Arabian Sea
31.
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
32.

Why did early cities need more government than farming villages?

a)

Cities needed people to help domesiticate their animals

b)

Farming villages had more resources than larger cities

c)

Growing populations needed more management

d)

People had not yet developed many specialized skills

33.

What has to exist before people can specialize in jobs and create a civilization?

a)

Arisans

b)

Domestication

c)

Food Surplus

d)

Trade

34.

How did the Sumerians' development of bronze help them as a society?

a)

Allowed them to free themselves of priests and kings

b)

Allowed them to irrigate

c)

Allowed them to make stronger weapons

d)

Allowed them to move away from the Fertile Crescent

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