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Mesopotamia

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery are called
a)
priests
b)
artisans
c)
scribes 
d)
heroes
2.
The Sumerian writing system was called
a)
Sargon
b)
Cyrillian
c)
cuneiform
d)
hieroglypics
3.

Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Gilgamesh

c)

Nebuchadnezzar

d)

Sargon

4.
Grand temple with a shrine at the top
a)
irrigation
b)
nomads
c)
ziggurat
d)
scribes
5.
Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops 
a)
irrigation
b)
nomads
c)
ziggurat
d)
scribes
6.
Record keepers who often kept records for government officals
a)
irrigation
b)
nomads
c)
ziggurat
d)
scribes
7.
Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?
a)
the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
b)
the Tigris and the Persian Gulf
c)
the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates
d)
the Euphrates and the Tigris
8.
Which of these are Sumerian inventions?
a)
Plow
b)
Wheel
c)
Sailboat
d)
All of them
9.

An independent city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside

a)

City-State

b)

Country

c)

Villiage

d)

Culture

10.
What modern day country is Mesopotamia mostly in?
a)
India
b)
Egypt
c)
China
d)
Iraq
11.

Who was the king of the Akkadians who conquered all of Mesopotamia?

a)

Sargon

b)

Paul

c)

Hammurabi

d)

Gilgamesh

12.

Which of the following were members of the upper class?

a)

artisans

b)

kings and priests

c)

merchants and traders

d)

scribes

13.

A mixture of copper and tin is called

a)

amber

b)

silver

c)

bronze

d)

gold

14.

The Epic of Gilgamesh was a long poem written in

a)

cuneiform

b)

English

c)

Indo-European

d)

Hieroglypics

15.

Civilizations first developed in Mesopotamia around

a)

500 B.C

b)

1500 B.C

c)

3000 B.C

d)

6000 B.C

16.

Throughout history, which two factors have influenced where people settle?

a)

building supplies and nearby trade ports

b)

animals for hunting and average temperature

c)

drinking water and the ability to grow crops

d)

population density and business opportunity

17.

What is Polytheism?

a)

a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero

b)

a pyramid shaped structure with a temple at the top

c)

a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory

d)

A belief in more than one god

18.

What is a city-state?

a)

a belief in more than one god

b)

a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory

c)

a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes or streams

d)

a pyramid shaped structure with a temple at the top

19.

A large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler is called...

a)

Epic

b)

Empire

c)

City-State

d)

Scribe

20.

Why were Hammurabis's code of laws so important to the history of humanity ?

a)

They were fair and equal for everyone.

b)

They were related to nature and instinct.

c)

They were written for the first time.

d)

They were related to law and justice.