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WorksheetsMesopotamia unit
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 21mins
Scribes were...
Kings
The people that tended to animals
The only ones that knew how to right
The only ones that knew how to write
Scribes used...
A chromebook
Clay tablets and wrote with a stylus. Different sizes and shapes were used for different reasons.
A pen
A really long sentence that was used to distract you from the right answer
The Fertile Crescent...
Is a region in south west Asia that was the site of the world's first civilization
Is the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Is Otzï's pickaxe
Is my favorite breakfast
What is polytheism?
Religion with no gods
Religion with many gods
Religion with one god
The best religion ever
Myths are...
Stories about gods that explain ones beliefs
Legends of Zeus and the Olympians
Traditional Stories
Groups of travelers
An area of many territories and people controlled by one government...
Empire
Government
Democracy
Dictator
Caravans are...
Amazing
Sent to Europe
Groups of travelers
Gods chosen people
Cuneiform was...
Worse than the Phoenician alphabet
Groups of lines and wedges used to form symbols
A really long answer meant to distract you
A temple
A Prophet is...
A religious teacher who people believe speaks for god.
One who tells the future
A set of symbols that represent the sounds of language.
A person who exiles people
Exile...
To force someone to live in another country
Is the disease that makes you addicted to Taco Bells food
To send them to Texas
Belief in one god
When their is so little food people starve...
Fantastically Famished
Famine
Exile
Family
The ______ soil attracted people to the Fertile Crescent
Poor
Rich
Moderate
Fantastically Famished
________________ were built in Sumer to control river floods
Ditches
Houses
Irrigation ditches
Levees
Scribes were respected because they...
Wrote the Bible
Were great influences
Were amazing
Kept records for Kings and Priests
Mesopotamia was located between the __________ rivers
Tigris and Euphrates
Nile and Amazon
Nile and Tigris
Euphrates and Amazon
Hammurabi's Code was important because...
It was first set of written laws
It supported Taco Bell
They were written so everyone knew them and their punishments
I really couldn't think of an option that sounded real so know I'm writing because I'm bored
The advantages of the Phoenician Alphabet were that...
It was easier to learn than Cuneiform
It was faster to write
It was easier to learn than Cuneiform
It differed from Cuneiform by each letter having a sound instead of a word
Major Events for Israelites
The Exodus
Settling in Canaan
Becoming presidents of the world
Conquering the Universal Committee of Superheros
Israelites were known for worshipping __ god(s)
1
2
3
Many
Phoenicia grew wealthy off of resources. They were... (Select multiple options)
Schnikes
Dense cedar forests
Snails for purple dye
What is the event called when the Israelites leave Egypt...
The Leaving
Exodus
Departure
10 Commandments
Babylon is an important center of trade because it...
Was
Is located between both of our houses
Is located between cities that were north and south
Was rich
The US alphabet was based off the __________ alphabet
Fernando
Babylonian
Phoenician
Assyrian
The 10 Commandments were the _______ of the Jewish religion
Punishment of God
Core Belief
Turning point
Fernando
Sumerians City-States did not have the same...
King
Gods
Food
Government
Judaism was different from religions at the time because...
It was monotheistic
God had multiple personalities
God was present in all places
God was all knowing
A Sumerian temple called a Ziggurat is made of _________and ________
Pyramids
Terraces
Squares
Ramps
The prophets told the Israelites what to do. (Select multiple answers)
Live by the idea of right and wrong
Eat lots of Taco Bell
Kings were not gods
All people were equal before God
Rich/powerful were to protect poor/weak
People that follow Judaism are known as...
Chrisrians
Israelites
Jews
Catholics
Judaism affected the beliefs of ___________ and ___________ (Select multiple answers)
Me
Christianity
Muslim
Islam
Phoenicians developed an alphabet with __ symbols
21
22
23
24
26
Phoenicia controlled _______ throughout most of the Mediterranean and was a great ____________.
Schnikes; Buisness man
Trade; Sea power
Fernando
My life; Parent
A set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life.
The Bill of Rights
Hammubu's Codes
Hammurabi's Code
Household Rules
Cuneiform can be...
Used by people all across the globe
Used for different languages
Used to brush your teeth
Put into a jar and sent to Europe
An organized list of laws and rules
Code
Bill of Rights
The answer to this question
Hour of code
Clay tablets were made from...
Concrete
A really long question that I'm using to distract you from the right answer
Mud
Ipads
Hammurabi's Codes of Law...
were made by Hammurabi
Stated that Bill Gates owns Microsoft
Did not apply to everyone equally
A King who conquered Sumerians and united most of Mesopotamia. Developed "Codes" of law.
Hammurabi
Hammer
Thor
Nebuchadnezzar II
A promise made by God is...
Swearing by the River Styx
An unbreakable vow
Covenant
A Sacred Oath
An Israelite leader whom the Torah says leads the Israelites from Egypt to Canaan
Hammurabi
Moses
Abraham
Otzi
Caravans travel here to buy and sell goods.
Surplus
Scribe
Bazaar
Caravan
