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WorksheetsChapter 3 section The civilization of Sumer
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 7mins
1. Which option below best defines the word Mesopotamia?
A. A carved stone slab or pillar that stands on end.
B. Soldiers who fight while riding horses
C. Greek for land between the rivers
D. A permanent army of professional soldiers.
E. Payment to show loyalty to stronger power
2. Which option below best defines the word Irrigate?
A. To bring water to something
B. A state containing several countries
C. Trading system in which people use goods instead of money
D. The belief on more than one god
3. Which option below best defines the word polytheism?
A. To bring water to something
B. A state containing several countries
C. Trading system in which people use goods instead of money
D. The belief on more than one god
4. Which option below best defines the word barter?
A. To bring water to something
B. A state containing several countries
C. Trading system in which people use goods instead of money
D. The belief on more than one god
Most trade was done by (a) because a city-states money was not usually usable outside it's own borders.
What is the span of the timeline shown?
a) 5000 years
b) 3500 years
c)1500 years
d) 3000 years
Which of the following options happened first on this timeline?
a) The Akkadians created the first empire.
b) The first walled cities show up in Mesopotamia.
c) Sumerians invent cuneiform the first writing.
d) Ziggurats are built as temples to the gods.
True or False? The Following events are listed in chronological order, first, the first walled cities start showing up, then, King Gilgamesh rules Uruk, and finally, the Sumerians invented writing.
True
False
9. Identify the differently colored country on the map below
Iran
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Israel
10. Read the following passage and choose the option that best states the main idea of this passage.
a) The first civilization appeared around 5,500 years ago and built city-states with ziggurats and invented writing
b) Crops cannot grow on rocks or sand that, but people learned to farm anyways and made fantastic cities.
c) 5,500 years ago, the first civilization chose to live between the Tirgis and Euphrates rivers becaus ethe rivers made the land fertile.
d) 5,500 years ago King Gilgamesh built a wall around his city to protect against floods from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Which 2 rivers provided Sumer with fertile soil?
Nile
Tigris
Euphrates
Ganges
_________________ is the belief in more than one god.
ziggurat
atheism
polytheism
monotheism
_____________________ was the Sumerian form of writing.
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
Latin
Alphabet
What new metal what created by mixing copper and tin?
steel
iron
vibranium
bronze
What modern country is colored in green
Iran
Iraq
Turkey
Saudi Arabia
What modern country is colored in green/
Iran
Iraq
Turkey
Saudi Arabia
