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WorksheetsAncient Civilizations
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The area is called the "Fertile Crescent" because
It has good water for growing crops
it is shaped like a circle
it is near many rivers and crescent shaped
the land is good for farming and it is semicircle shaped
What are the two rivers found in Mesopotamia?
Huang He and Nile
Tigris and Amazon
Euphrates and Tigris
Mississippi and Euphrates
What current day countries stand where Mesopotamia once thrived?
Iraq & Syria
USA & Mexico
Afghanistan & Oman
Saudi Arabia & Jordan
The first civilization in Mesopotamia were the
Babylonians
Egyptians
Assyrians
Sumerians
What is a ziggurat?
a temple built for gods and priests
a palace for the king
a temple for slaves
a palace for priests
Sumerians used cuneiform mainly to
write decrees and challenge others
keep track of taxes and crops
write the world's first dramas
create love poems
What were people called who were trained to write?
Scribes
Writers
Teachers
Artists
________ ruled Akkad and developed the world's first empire.
Hammurabi
Sargon
Gilgamesh
Nebuchadnezzar
What ruler is credited with having the first written laws in Babylon?
Hammurabi
King Tut
George Washington
Ms. Tammy
What set of laws said things like "an eye for an eye" or "a broken arm for a broken arm?"
Hammurabi's Code
Book of the Dead
Twelve Tables
Code of Ur
The Assyrians helped with having stone channels or pipes that carried water from distant places called:
Copper pipes
Aqueducts
Arches
Valleys
What does commerce mean?
Move water down a pipe
Try to win
Begin an activity
Buy, sell, exchange, and transport goods
What is one of the 7 wonders of the World in Babylon?
Petra
The Hanging Gardens
The Pyramids
The Great Wall of China
These ancient civilizations were the first people to:
invent the wheel
use the plow
build sailboats
all of the above
