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Ch. 3 Mesopotamia 1-2

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mesopotamia means

a)

water between the land

b)

land between the water

c)

water between the water

d)

land between the land

2.

method of bringing water to a field from another place to water crops

a)

irrigation

b)

cuneiform

c)

empire

d)

provinces

3.

a curving strip of land that extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Fertile Crescent

c)

Sumer

d)

Hammurabi

4.

independent state that had their own government

a)

city-state

b)

province

c)

civilization

d)

ziggurat

5.

a grand temple built by the Sumerians to please the gods

a)

ziggurat

b)

church

c)

empire

d)

caravan

6.

the written language of the Sumerians consisting of wedge-shaped marks

a)

scribe

b)

literature

c)

cuneiform

d)

Sargon

7.

What is the Fertile Crescent?

a)

A terrible farming land

b)

A huge piece of land

c)

A large arc of rich, fertile, farmland

d)

A large arc of stinky, infertile, farmland

8.

How many years ago did hunter-gatherers first settle in Mesopotamia?

a)

2,000 years ago

b)

12,000 years ago

c)

22,000 years ago

d)

1,200 years ago

9.

What are the two names of the important rivers in Mesopotamia?

a)

Tigger

b)

Tigris

c)

Euphoria

d)

Euphrates

10.

If the soil is rich, does that mean the soil is good or bad?

a)

Bad

b)

Good

c)

I have no clue!

11.

What is the term for each worker, in a society, specializing in something.

a)

Dividing jobs

b)

Division of Labor

c)

Professionalism

d)

Team work!

12.

True or False. Sumer was the name of a man.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

What is a synonym for rural?

a)

countryside

b)

back woods

c)

rich

d)

I have NO clue!

14.

What did city-states in Sumer fight over?

a)

Wheat

b)

Livestock

c)

More farmland

d)

To be king

15.

Who lived just north of the Sumerians?

a)

Australopithecus

b)

Akkadians

c)

Babylonians

d)

Persians

16.

What was the basis of Sumerian culture?

a)

Trading

b)

Power

c)

Food

d)

Religion

17.

What is the practice of worshiping many gods called?

a)

Pictographs

b)

Polytheism

c)

Atheism

d)

Meditation

18.

Social hierarchy, is the division of society by rank or class. In Sumerian culture, who was ranked right below kings?

a)

Pastors

b)

Farmers

c)

Priests

d)

Craftspeople

19.

What was the title of the job who would keep track of records and trades?

a)

Scribe

b)

Architecture

c)

Scriptor

d)

Pictographer

20.
What two rivers form the borders of western and eastern Mesopotamia?
a)
Nile and Danube
b)
Tigris and Euphrates
c)
Nile and Tigris
d)
Amazon and Euphrates
21.
Why did Mesopotamia, and many other early civilizations, form along river valleys?
a)
Rivers provided protection from predators.
b)
The rivers made the land good for farming.
c)
The rivers brought fish from the ocean for fisherman to catch.
d)
It was a coincidence, rivers had nothing to do with where people settled.
22.
Which of the following translates to the "land between the rivers"?
a)
Cuneiform
b)
Sumeria
c)
Mesopotamia
d)
Fertile Crescent
23.
What is it called when societies form organized governments, culture, and writing?
a)
civilization
b)
nomadic life
c)
cuneiform
d)
polytheistic
24.
What was the function of the irrigation trenches pictured?
a)
bring water to homes
b)
bring water to crops
c)
carry away waste
d)
provide protection form attackers and predators
25.
The larger cities of Sumer operated individually and governed themselves. What were they called?
a)
Provinces
b)
Cities
c)
City-states
d)
Kingdoms
26.

Sumerians believed in many gods including the powerful god Enlil--what is the belief in many gods known as?

a)

Monotheism

b)

Polytheism

c)

Atheism

d)

Nativism

27.
He was ruler of the world's first empire
a)
Nebuchadnezzar
b)
Sargon
c)
Hammurabi
d)
Scribe
28.
How did early people in Mesopotamia make farming successful?
a)
they domesticated crops
b)
they waited for the rainy season
c)
they migrated
d)
they irrigated crops
29.
Because irrigation made farmers more productive, they produced a surplus.  This led to
a)
division of labor
b)
an epic
c)
an empire
d)
a drought
30.
What is the name of the area of arc-shaped land that was good for farming?
a)
Mediterranean Sea
b)
Fertile Arc
c)
Fertile Crescent
d)
Fertile Land Area
31.
What attracted people to the Fertile Crescent?
a)
rich soil
b)
convenient navigation
c)
cool temperatures
d)
religious temples
32.
Ancient Mesopotamia existed between what two rivers? 
a)
Tigris and Nile
b)
Euphrates and Nile
c)
Amazon and Nile
d)
Tigris and Euphrates
33.
A ________ is a half moon shape. 
a)
Circle
b)
Diameter
c)
Crescent
d)
Sphere
34.
Each city-state had it's own ________. 
a)
farms
b)
animals
c)
food
d)
government
35.
Which of the following was NOT part of the Sumerian civilization?
a)
worship of single god
b)
walls surrounding their city-states
c)
ziggurats
d)
mud-brick houses
36.
The region of Mesopotamia is located in the present day country of...?
a)
Iraq
b)
Iran
c)
Syria
d)
Turkey
37.
How did the rivers effect the people of Mesopotamia?
a)
provided fertile soil
b)
killed crops
c)
they were calming 
d)
were pretty to look at
38.

Which group of people communicated with the gods?

a)

Kings

b)

Farmers

c)

Priests

d)

Slaves

39.

If you live in a big city, you live in an ____ area.

a)

urban

b)

rural

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