WorksheetsCh 2 Review 1
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Irrigation impacted civilizations in Mesopotamia by...
Priests performed more ceremonies.
Farmers grew a surplus of crops.
Artisans developed new types of pottery.
What did early Mesopotamians believe in?
a single God
ancestor-worship
many Gods
What is a ziggurat?
temple
palace
market place
What is cuneiform?
Sumerian building
Sumerian story
Sumerian system of writing
Sumerian city-states went to war with one another to increase trade.
true
false
Many Sumerians were skilled metalworkers because of the abundance of metal in Sumer.
True
False
Sargon conquered all of the peoples of Mesopotamia, creating the world’s first empire that lasted more than 200 years.
True
False
Who rebelled against the Assyrians?
Chaldeans
Sumerians
Babylonians
Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?
Gilgamesh
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar
A method that brings water to crops
rivers
irrigation
farming
Form of writing developed by the people of Sumer
scribes
irrigation
cuneiform
Has its own government, but is not part of a larger unit
city-state
province
country
