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Mesopotamia Review

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the names of the two rivers that run through Mesopotamia?

a)

Tiger and Europe

b)

Tigris and Euphrates

c)

Nile and Tigris

d)

Nile and Euphrates

2.

What does the word "fertile" mean

a)

Land that has been flooded

b)

When ice melts on the tops of mountains

c)

Land that is good for farming

d)

Drying clay tablets so that they are harden and preserved

3.

The name that Sumerians gave their System of Writing that uses wedge shaped symbols

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Rubix Cube

c)

Language

d)

Pictogram

4.

Mesopotamia made what invention?

a)

Boat

b)

Wheel

c)

System of Writing

d)

All of the above

5.

Pictures that were used to symbolize words and phrases

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Pictogram

c)

Language

d)

Pictures

6.

Things that people think are important like honesty and trust

a)

Code

b)

Laws

c)

Values

d)

Irrigation

7.

Process of delivering water to the land for farming, using ditches or canals

a)

Irrigate

b)

Code

c)

Values

d)

Stylus

8.

Wooden tool used to write on clay tablets in Cuneiform

a)

Stylus

b)

Rock

c)

Pencil

d)

Pen

9.

Organized list of laws

a)

Values

b)

Stylus

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Code

10.

System of making and enforcing laws to keep the peach

a)

Economy

b)

System of Writing

c)

Government

d)

Urbanization

11.

The planning and building of cities

a)

Specialization

b)

Urbanization

c)

Economy

d)

Government

12.

Societal acceptance of the study and preservation of art, music, literature, etc.

a)

Urbanization

b)

System of Writing

c)

Humanities

d)

Economy

13.

The system of buying and selling goods and services

a)

Government

b)

System of Writing

c)

Specialization

d)

Economy

14.

Someone who studies and writes in Cuneiform

a)

Stylus

b)

Scribe

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Hammarabi's code

15.

The name of the first ever set of written laws in Mesopotamia

a)

Stylus

b)

Tigris and Euphrates

c)

Values

d)

Hammarabi's Code

16.

A king, hero, and adventurer we read about in a story from ancient Mesopotamia

a)

Gilgamesh

b)

Hammurabi

c)

Sumer

d)

Akkad

17.

Each person develops and markets their special set of skills

a)

Specialization

b)

Urbanization

c)

Economy

d)

System of Writing

18.

Where can you find the most fertile land used for farming?

a)

Top of the mountain

b)

Middle of the mountain

c)

Next to the river banks

d)

In the gulf

19.

Rivers begin at __________ and ends, flowing into a ___________

a)

Mountain top..... Flood plain

b)

Flood plain.... ocean

c)

An ocean.... Mountain top

d)

Mountain top.... ocean