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Unit 3: Ancient Mesopotamia Power Words

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

an area of fertile land in the Middle East, located around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. This is where ancient civilizations flourished.

a)

City-states

b)

theocracy

c)

empire

d)

fertile crescent

2.

the basic units of Sumerian civilization; a small area surrounding a large city

a)

empire

b)

ziggurat

c)

city-states

d)

nomad

3.

a government where priests rule in the name of a god or gods.

a)

democracy

b)

theocracy

c)

cuneiform

d)

code of Hammurabi

4.

a temple where Sumerians believed gods and goddesses ruled the city; they served as shrines

a)

empire

b)

patriarchal

c)

nomad

d)

ziggurat

5.

a group of states or city-states under a single authority

a)

empire

b)

fertile crescent

c)

cuneiform

d)

polytheistic

6.

a strict and harsh set of laws in ancient Mesopotamia, created by the Babylonian king Hammurabi

a)

Theocracy

b)

Code of Hammurabi

c)

cuneiform

d)

ziggurat

7.

wedge-shaped writing on clay tablets--writing system of Sumerians

a)

Cuneiform

b)

nomad

c)

theocracy

d)

cave paintings

8.

worshipping multiple gods or deities

a)

Monotheistic

b)

Polytheistic

c)

patriarchal

d)

Code of Hammurabi

9.

a society controlled by men, or a society that favors men; women have very few rights or privileges.

a)

theocracy

b)

nomad

c)

fertile crescent

d)

patriarchal

10.

a wanderer, someone who travels place to place without a permanent residence

a)

city-states

b)

ziggurat

c)

nomad

d)

cuneiform