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1.1 and 1.2 Mesopotamia Review

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The two major rivers in Mesopotamia were:

a)

The Nile and the Euphrates

b)

The Tigris and the Euphrates

c)

The Persian and the Tigris

d)

The Amazon and the Nile

2.

Mesopotamia today is located mostly in the modern-day country of:

a)

Afghanistian

b)

Iran

c)

Iraq

d)

Syria

3.

True or false: Mesopotamia was naturally an ideal place for agriculture.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Bringing water to dry lands is also known as

a)

agriculture

b)

domestication

c)

irrigation

d)

technology

5.

True or false: the rivers in Mesopotamia were destructive and flooded often.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

One example of technology Mesopotamian farmers developed was:

a)

the ox-driven plow

b)

the sickle

c)

the thresher

d)

the wagon

7.

A city and its surrounding lands and settlements is known as a:

a)

kingdom

b)

city

c)

city-state

d)

empire

8.

When did Sumer (Mesopotamia's first civilization) arise?

a)

2500 BCE

b)

3000 BCE

c)

3500 CE

d)

9000 BCE

9.

What did Sumerians use to protect their city-states?

a)

Canons

b)

Large armies

c)

Thick, protective walls that stretched around the city-state.

d)

Nothing - that's why warfare was so common.