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Mesopotamia

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Mesopotamia Mean

a)

Land in a Valley

b)

A body of Water

c)

Land Between the rivers

d)

Land in a city

2.

What were the major problems that the People of Mesopotamia Faced

a)

Food Shortages

b)

Crazy People Running Around Everywhere

c)

Uncontrolled water

d)

Poison in Their Food

3.

Walled Cities of Sumer were like independent countries called what?

a)

Countries

b)

Kentucky

c)

City-Sates

d)

Burger king

4.

where did civilization begin

a)

USA

b)

Britain

c)

France

d)

Mesopotamia

5.

what resource did they have

a)

rock

b)

silt

c)

wood

d)

brick

6.

what is cuniform

a)

sumerian writing

b)

english

c)

elmos world

d)

bob the builder

7.

what is geography

a)

light

b)

maps and states

c)

the study of food

d)

types of numbers

8.

what does GRAPES stand for

a)

Good,right,agriculture,politics,ethnicity,stop

b)

geography,religion,achievements,politics,economy,social structure

c)

life

d)

the fruit

9.

what two rivers is Mesopotamia located between

a)

Nile and Amazon

b)

Euphrates and Tigris

c)

Lake Erie and Mississippi

d)

Black river and lake Wappapello

10.

Hammurabi is best known for his

a)

Riches

b)

Authority

c)

Code of Laws

d)

Kingdom

11.

at the bottom level of society were

a)

kings

b)

farmers

c)

slaves

d)

priests

12.

Babylonians traded grain and woven cloth for

a)

precious gems

b)

gold

c)

silver

d)

all of the above

13.

the middle class of society included

a)

farmers and fishers

b)

kings and queens

c)

lawyers and tax collecters

d)

moms and dads

14.

merchants were

a)

people who sell goods

b)

people who cook

c)

people who build

d)

people who can teach

15.

what tool did they write with

a)

stylus

b)

pencil

c)

pen

d)

marker

16.

the highest level of society were

a)

kings

b)

priests

c)

government officials

d)

all of the above

17.

the farmers used

a)

plows

b)

forks

c)

spoons

d)

knives

18.

who made the code of laws

a)

donald trump

b)

hammurabi

c)

jesse james

d)

george washington

19.

a religious building is called

a)

walmart

b)

ziggurat

c)

gamestop

d)

landfill

20.

who is the highest class of society

a)

slaves

b)

priest

c)

kings

d)

both b and c