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Mesopotamia

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does it mean Mesopotamia?

a)

Old Civilization

b)

In the middle of history

c)

Between rivers

d)

Middle Stone Age

2.

Which two rivers were important in Mesopotamia?

a)

Euphrates and Nile

b)

Euphrates and Tigris

c)

Besòs and Llobregat

d)

Tigris and Ebre

3.

Early Mesopotamian farmers discovered ___________ or ways to move water across land.

a)

Terraces

b)

Agriculture

c)

Irrigation

4.

Division of labour greatly changed society. What developed because groups of people had different levels of responsibility?

a)

Social classes

b)

Laws

c)

Chocolate

5.

What is a ziggurat?

a)

A very big zebra

b)

Mesopotamian fruit

c)

A god

d)

A temple

6.

Many villages produced ___________ food, or more than they needed.

a)

Insuficient

b)

Surplus

7.

The Sumerian had a ___________ religion.

a)

monotheist

b)

politheist

c)

atheist

8.

What does it mean politheist?

a)

One god

b)

Two gods

c)

Several gods

d)

No gods

9.

The mesopotamian writing system is called __________.

a)

Alphabetical

b)

Pictographical

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Graffity

10.

Objects that were discovered during the mesopotamian period:

a)

Writing, fire, bronze.

b)

Bronze, wheel, plough.

c)

Plough, writing, gathering.

d)

Arithmetic, writing, TV.