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WorksheetsFertile Crescent and Ancient Mesopotamia
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
In what present day country is most of Ancient Mesopotamia located?
Egypt
Iraq
Turkey
What group of people established the first civilization?
Babylonians
Summerians
Persians
What is Mesopotamia referred to as?
The Far East
The Fertile Desert
The Cradle of Civilization
Monotheism is the belief in one god.
True
False
Polytheism is the belief in one god.
True
False
Who built the Hanging Gardens
Hammurabi
Nebuchandnezzer II
Sargon
What Mesopotamia civilizations was considered as a warrior society
Assyrians
Babylonians
Sumerians
What TWO rivers were important to the Mesopotamia civilizations?
Tigirs
Nile
Euphrates
What civilization was the first to write and record their laws?
Sumerians
Chaldeans
Babylonians
In what order did civilization grow in Mesopotamia?
from villages to cities to hunter and gathers
from cities to villages to hunter and gathers
from hunter and gathers to cities to villages
from hunter and gathers to villages to cities
Why were people able to begin trading with others in the area?
They had extra food
They ate everything they grew
They spent all their time farming
They lived close to one another
What kind of government did the civilizations of Mesopotamia have?
Monarachy
Republic
Dictatorship
A scribe was a person who could read and write. Often hired to write letters or record documents.
True
False
Mesopotamian writing that consisted of shapes and lines produced by a wedge shaped instrument on a clay table was cuneiform.
True
False
The Sumerian numbering system that is still in use today is based on which number?
5
10
30
60
A advantage of Mesopotamia was that the land provided natural protection from invaders.
True
False
The Fertile Crescent is an arch-shaped area in the Middle East?
true
false
Hammurabi was which empire's greatest ruler?
Sumer
Persia
Assyria
Babylon
