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WH Quiz 4: Mesopotamia

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?
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.

What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean?

a)

land between the lakes

b)

the first civilization

c)

land between two rivers

d)

land between the mountains

3.

Priests, farmers, and slaves are examples of this characteristic of civilization.

a)

cities

b)

government

c)

writing

d)

social structures

4.

Name the two bodies of water that provided water for Mesopotamia.

a)

Nile River and Black Sea

b)

Tigris River and Persian Gulf

c)

Euphrates River and Tigris River

d)

Euphrates River and Nile River

5.

How did Sumerians solve the problem of attacks by neighboring communities?

a)

They fielded large armies to fight them

b)

They built walls

c)

They met and signed treaties

d)

They migrated to a new area to live

6.
What is a city-state?
a)
The area inside the city wall
b)
The city and the countryside around it.
c)
The farmland
d)
The market place
7.

Bringing water to your crops, including building dams, channels, canals, and ditches is defined as:

a)

irrigation

b)

agriculture

c)

ziggurat

d)

scribes

8.

What does polytheistic mean?

a)

belief in one god

b)

Belief in more than one god

9.

when you have more food than you need you have a:

a)

Trade

b)

Domestication

c)

Surplus

d)

Shortage

10.

Complex societies that have a government, written language, organized religion, jobs, and cities.

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Civilization

c)

States

d)

Countries