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WorksheetsMesopotamia
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?
Hammurabi
Gilgamesh
Nebuchadnezzar
Sargon
An independent city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside
City-State
Country
Villiage
Culture
Who was the king of the Akkadians who conquered all of Mesopotamia?
Sargon
Paul
Hammurabi
Gilgamesh
Which of the following were members of the upper class?
artisans
kings and priests
merchants and traders
scribes
A mixture of copper and tin is called
amber
silver
bronze
gold
The Epic of Gilgamesh was a long poem written in
cuneiform
English
Indo-European
Hieroglypics
Civilizations first developed in Mesopotamia around
500 B.C
1500 B.C
3000 B.C
6000 B.C
Throughout history, which two factors have influenced where people settle?
building supplies and nearby trade ports
animals for hunting and average temperature
drinking water and the ability to grow crops
population density and business opportunity
What is Polytheism?
a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero
a pyramid shaped structure with a temple at the top
a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory
A belief in more than one god
What is a city-state?
a belief in more than one god
a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory
a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes or streams
a pyramid shaped structure with a temple at the top
A large territory or group of many territories governed by one ruler is called...
Epic
Empire
City-State
Scribe
Why were Hammurabis's code of laws so important to the history of humanity ?
They were fair and equal for everyone.
They were related to nature and instinct.
They were written for the first time.
They were related to law and justice.
