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Mesopotamia VS. Ancient Egypt

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who would write and record information in both Egypt and Mesopotamia?

a)

slaves

b)

scribes

c)

farmers

d)

craftspeople

2.

The longest River in Africa; where Ancient Egypt began:

a)

Nile River

b)

Amazon River

c)

Yangtze River

d)

Yellow River

3.

Both Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia were _______________, meaning they believed in many gods.

a)

Monotheistic

b)

Polytheistic

c)

Mesotheistic

d)

Ponotheistic

4.

Cuneiform was created by ___________________, and Hieroglyphics were created by _________________.

a)

Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt

b)

Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia.

5.

Which of the following was NOT an invention of Ancient Egypt?

a)

Sword

b)

Eye Makeup

c)

Cuneiform

d)

hieroglyphics

6.

Pharaohs and Priests/nobles were at the ________ of the social pyramid in Ancient Egypt

a)

Top

b)

Middle

c)

Bottom

7.

Which of these are Sumerian inventions?

a)

First Calendar

b)

Wheel

c)

Sailboat

d)

All of them

8.

People in Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt lived in mud, brick homes.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Ancient Egyptians and Mesopotamians made temples for their gods and goddesses.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Why are the social classes of ancient Egypt described by the shape of a pyramid?

a)

Triangle represented the 3 season

b)

Most people at bottom, fewest people at the top

c)

Scientists like pyramids

d)

Pharaohs had pyramids built

11.

Writing paper created in Ancient Egypt.

a)

Ankh

b)

reedarus

c)

papyrus

12.

What did the Sumerians use to write on?

a)

Stone tablets

b)

Rice paper

c)

Papyrus

d)

Clay tablets

13.

Who led the construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?

a)

Nebuchadnezzar

b)

Cambyses

c)

Darius the Great

d)

Hammurabi

14.
Women could be Egyptian priests
a)
True
b)
False