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WorksheetsMesopotamia Chapter Review
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 21mins
VOCAB: A division of _____________________ came about when not all people had to work at
producing food and come could do other jobs.
Hammurabi
Labor
Colony
Scribe
When they produced more food than they needed to stay alive, they had a
_____________________.
lot
supply
surplus
more
_____________________ was a main way people made a living
baking
teaching
agriculture
brick making
VOCAB: In the center of each city was a large _____________________, or religious temple,
made of mud bricks.
church
Walmart
school
ziggurat
VOCAB: The government in each city-state was a _____________________.
dictatorship
economy
monotheism
monarchy
VOCAB: Sumer had several independent _____________________.
city-states
rulers
temples
Abraham
To control the rivers, the Sumerians dug canals and built _____________________.
dikes
ziggurats
temples
scribe
The two rivers in Sumer were the _____________________ and the _____________________ (select 2).
Amazon
Nile
Tigris
Euphrates
Sumer was located in _____________________.
Babylonia
Egypt
Mesopotamia
Ur
The land located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers was known as _________________________________________________________
Mesopotamia
Ur
Sumer
Babylon
VOCAB: Belief in 1 god
scribe
monopoly
monotheism
surplus
VOCAB: Wedge-shaped letters
hieroglyphs
cuneiform
alphabet
VOCAB: A person whose job it was to write
student
teacher
leader
scribe
VOCAB: 1 ruler
bureaucracy
monarchy
president
teacher
VOCAB: A mud-brick religious temple
ziggurat
synagogue
church
shrine
VOCAB: branch of a river
ditches
dike
canal
tributary
VOCAB: a rich mixture of rocks and soil
dirt
fertilizer
silt
Who is best remembered for creating a set of 282 laws?
Moses
Abraham
Hammurabi
Sargon
What were the 2 major causes of war among the people of Mesopotamia?
Land and boats
Land and water
religion and freedom
dikes and canals
Who led the Israelites out of Egypt?
Moses
Abraham
Hammurabi
According TO OUR BOOK, who believed in 1 God?
Abram/Abraham
Hammurabi
Sargon
Who was the emperor that established a tax system to support the government?
Hammurabi
Moses
Abraham
Who introduced the idea of equal justice?
Sargon
Moses
Hammurabi
Abraham
Who is known as the father of the Jewish people?
Abraham
Moses
Hammurabi
Sargon
Who was given the Ten Commandments?
Sargon
Abraham
Moses
What present-day countries make up Ancient Mesopotamia?
Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Syria, Lebanon and Turkey
Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Israel, Syria, Lebanon and Turkey
Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Jordan, Israel, Syria, Lebanon and Turkey
Iran, Iraq, Israel, Syria, Lebanon and Turkey
PICK 3! What are some of the inventions created in Mesopotamia?
Wheel
Irrigation
Cars
sailboat
PICK 3!! What are some innovations of Mesopotamia?
Iku or the acre
pint
quart
writing
What is #1?
Black Sea
Red Sea
Caspian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
What is #2?
Syrian Desert
Mesopotamia
Taurus Mts.
Tigris River
What is #3?
Red Sea
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Tigrus River
What is #4?
Black Sea
Red Sea
Caspian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
What is #5?
Zagros Mts.
Taurus Mts.
What is #6?
Euphrates River
Nile River
Tigris River
What is #7?
Red Sea
Caspian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
What is #8?
Tigris River
Euphrates River
Nile River
What is #9?
Taurus Mts.
Zagros Mts.
What is #11?
Caspian Sea
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
Black Sea
What is #12?
Sumer
Ur
Babylon
What is #13?
Sumer
Babylon
Ur
What is #10?
Sumer
Babylon
UR
