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Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 19mins
The land called Mesopotamia in ancient times is today part of
Arabia
Iraq
India
Turkey
The Sumerians settled in Mesopotamia in about
1800 BC
3500 BC
2200 BC
2020 AD
What eventually happened to the city-states of Sumer?
Judges replaced military leaders as heads of government.
Sargon I, a king from northern Mesopotamia, conquered them.
The city-states of Sumer conquered Babylonia and Akkad.
They chose Hammurabi to make laws for them.
As a ruler, Hammurabi is best remembered for
creating a written code of laws..
conquering Sumer and building the first empire.
building the first ziggurat.
inventing the cuneiform style of writing.
What technology did the Hittites and Assyrians use in battle?
fire and chariots
iron weapons and chariots
bows and arrows
battleships and iron weapons
The Phoenicians' writing system was carried to other parts of the Mediterranean by
armies who conquered North Africa.
wandering teachers who wrote and spoke about religion.
traders and merchants who traveled by sea.
soldiers who had fought to conquer the Hebrews.
The Sumerians controlled the flooding of the rivers by
Creating new rivers
saving the water in artificial lakes...reservoirs
Not building walls around the rivers
The Shadoof
The Hebrews' religious ideas were unusual at the time because they believed that
gods and goddesses were everywhere in nature.
there was only one God, who was just and fair.
their gods would protect them from enemies.
they should build temples for worship.
The Assyrians gained a reputation as
excellent administrators and traders.
cruel warriors and strict rulers.
scientists and astronomers.
good soldiers and fair rulers.
Which of these statements is true about the religion introduced in Persia by Zoroaster?
It was a religion that had only one God.
The gods in this religion were found in nature.
People could choose between good and evil deeds.
People built a ziggurat to honor the gods.
Ashurbanipal built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to impress his third wife from the Red Sea area known as Carthage.
True
False
Sumerian number system is base 60.
True
False
The watering of dry land by means of canals or pipes is known as Shadoof.
True
False
A geographical area of fertile land in the Middle East stretching in a broad semicircle from the Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates is known as the Fertile Arc.
True
False
Hieroglyphics are ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia.
True
False
In the center of Sumerian cities was a building known as a Ziggurat
True
False
Five books of Jewish laws and history is the Torah
True
False
North African colony established by Phoenicians
Carthage
Phoenicia
Egypt
East Lyme
The most famous leader of the Chaldeans was
Nebuchadnezzar
Ashurbanipal
Hammurabi
Cyrus
The secret of smelting iron ore to make superior weapons was developed about 1400 B.C. by the
Assyrians
Chaldeans
Hittites.
Babylonians.
The center of the earth, made of solid, hot rock, is the
The Mantle
The Crust
The Core
The Tectonic Plate
About what percent of the surface of the earth is made up of water?
70 percent
50 Percent
30 Percent
10 Percent
Which of these commonly occurs at the edges of tectonic plates?
Floods and water erosion
Monsoons
Glaciers
Earthquakes and volcanoes
The first humans probably lived in
Africa.
the Neander Valley, Germany.
Northern Europe.
America.
"Early people probably believed in gods and goddesses associated with the elements—air, water, fire, and earth—or with animals. "
Which is he best inference based on this statement?
Early people based their religion on things they could build.
Early people based their religion on domestication.
Early people based their religion on nature and their environment.
Early people based their religion on agriculture.
