WorksheetsWH Quiz 4: Mesopotamia
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 11mins
What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean?
land between the lakes
the first civilization
land between two rivers
land between the mountains
Priests, farmers, and slaves are examples of this characteristic of civilization.
cities
government
writing
social structures
Name the two bodies of water that provided water for Mesopotamia.
Nile River and Black Sea
Tigris River and Persian Gulf
Euphrates River and Tigris River
Euphrates River and Nile River
How did Sumerians solve the problem of attacks by neighboring communities?
They fielded large armies to fight them
They built walls
They met and signed treaties
They migrated to a new area to live
Bringing water to your crops, including building dams, channels, canals, and ditches is defined as:
irrigation
agriculture
ziggurat
scribes
What does polytheistic mean?
belief in one god
Belief in more than one god
when you have more food than you need you have a:
Trade
Domestication
Surplus
Shortage
Complex societies that have a government, written language, organized religion, jobs, and cities.
Cuneiform
Civilization
States
Countries
