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Unit 1.1 Meso-Egyptian

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers? (DOK 1)

a)

the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean

b)

the Tigris and the Persian Gulf

c)

the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates

d)

the Euphrates and the Tigris

2.

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.

3.

The Sumerian writing system was called (DOK 1)

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Hieroglyphs

c)

English

d)

Sargon

4.

How would you classify the Mesopotamian social hierarchy?

a)

Kings, Priests, Merchants and traders, farmers and laborers, and slaves.

b)

Kings, Priests, slaves, merchants, and farmers

c)

Priests, scribes, slaves, and merchants

d)

Priests, farmers, slaves, artisans, and traders.

5.

This picture shows an area known as the.. DOK 1

a)

Farming Curve

b)

Fertile Crescent

c)

Green C

d)

Fertile Curve

6.
Which of these are Sumerian inventions?
a)
Plow
b)
Wheel
c)
Sailboat
d)
All of them
7.
A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a
a)
scribe.
b)
cradle.
c)
Gilgamesh.
d)
ziggurat.
8.

What was the main religion of the Sumerians? (DOK 1)

a)

Monotheism

b)

Christianity

c)

Polytheism

d)

Judaism

9.
A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside
a)
City-State
b)
Country
c)
Villiage
d)
Culture
10.
The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?
a)
artisans
b)
scribes
c)
heads of households
d)
merchants
11.
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
12.

What facts would you select to reinforce that Fertile Crescent supports farming? DOK 3

a)

silt

b)

floods

c)

in river valleys

d)

hunter-gatherers

13.

What modern day country is Mesopotamia mostly in? (DOK 1)

a)

India

b)

Egypt

c)

China

d)

Iraq

14.
Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops 
a)
irrigation
b)
nomads
c)
ziggurat
d)
scribes
15.

The word "Mesopotamia" means (DOK 1)

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

16.
Artisans, merchants, and fishers made up this group
a)
Lower Class
b)
Upper Class
c)
Middle Class
d)
Pass Class
17.
Which of the following were members of the upper class?
a)
kings and priests
b)
artisans
c)
merchants and traders
d)
scribes
18.
Which of the following is  NOT true of Hammurabi's code?
a)
It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.
b)
t was used by many later civilizations as a model
c)
It treated all people the same under the law.
d)
It was carved in stone.
19.

Land between two rivers

a)

Cultural Hearth

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

Cuneiform

d)

City-state

20.

World’s first writing system

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Epic of Gilgamesh

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Ziggurat

21.

What does letter C represent?

a)

Tigris

b)

Euphrates

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Fertile Crescent

22.

What does letter B represent?

a)

Tigris

b)

Euphrates

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Fertile Crescent

23.

What does letter A represent?

a)

Tigris

b)

Euphrates

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Fertile Crescent

24.
The definition of the word Pharaoh
a)
A King
b)
Prince
c)
A Tomb
d)
A city in Egypt
25.
A royal dynasty
a)
a group of powerful people
b)
a series of rulers from the same family
c)
a popular video game
d)
the gods
26.
What are Canopic Jars for?
a)
To put gold in
b)
To put treasure in
c)
To put mummy organs in
d)
To store food in
27.
Polytheism is the belief in 
a)
One God
b)
Multiple Gods
c)
No God
d)
The flying spaghetti monster
28.
People who are from rich and powerful families are called
a)
 Nobles
b)
Scribes
c)
Merchants
d)
Slaves
29.
When people die in Egypt, they believe in the life after death, which is called
a)
heaven
b)
afterlife
c)
pyramids
d)
mummification
30.
Why do Pharaos get mummified?
a)
So their body doesn't decay
b)
So they stay nice and juicy
c)
Because Otzi was mummified
d)
To prepare them for the afterlife
31.
Pyramids are built to 
a)
for worshipping the Gods
b)
to look strong and cool to other nations
c)
be a tomb for the Pharaoh
d)
to give farmers jobs when not farming
32.
Queen Hatshepsut was important to Egypt because she 
a)
was a female Pharaoh who made trade routes to get rich
b)
made a strong military that took over the empire of Kush
c)
built monuments in Egypt that made the nation look strong
d)
 made a strong military that defeated Mesopotamia
33.
A tomb is a place where
a)
People are buried
b)
People hang out
c)
People eat
d)
People worship
34.
Egypt is on what Continent?
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
Europe
d)
South America
35.
What is Egyptian writing called?
a)
cuneiform
b)
hieroglyphic
c)
characters
d)
Sanskrit
36.
Why was papyrus important to ancient Egyptians?
a)
it made it easier to keep records and communicate
b)
it allowed them to sail too far away ports for trade
c)
it allowed them to create a system of writing
d)
it kept mice out of the granaries
37.
Who was at the top of the Egyptian social order?
a)
slaves
b)
pharaoh
c)
priests
d)
scribes
38.
What is a dynasty?
a)
a collection of queens
b)
a collection of kingdoms
c)
series of rulers from different families
d)
series of rulers from the same family
39.
What is the famous river in Egypt?
a)
Tigris
b)
Euphrates
c)
Nile
d)
Hudson
40.

The pharaoh known for having the Great Pyramid of Giza built was

a)

Hatshepsut

b)

Khufu

c)

Ramses

d)

Menes

41.
a)
unskilled workers
b)
pharaohs
c)
traders
d)
artisans
42.
Where where most Egyptian Pharaohs buried? 
a)
in a mud tomb
b)
in a pyramid
c)
they werent they were creamated
d)
in the sky
43.
Who was at the bottom of Egyptian social hierarchy? 
a)
Slaves
b)
Farmers
c)
Soldiers
d)
Artisans
44.
What benefit did the Egyptians gain from the Nile?
a)
Yearly floods which left behind rich soil
b)
Mud to take mud baths in
c)
Soil to use to construct the blocks of the pyramids
d)
Hieroglyphics
45.

Period from 2700 to 2200 BC in Egyptian history that began shortly after Egypt was unified.

a)

Old Kingdom

b)

Middle Kingdom

c)

New Kingdom

d)

Ancient Kingdom

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