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Mesopotamia

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mesopotamia means

a)

Land between the rivers

b)

Land between the mountains

c)

Land of the gods

d)

Land I love

2.

Why do they call it the Fertile Crescent?

a)

because the women had a lot of babies

b)

because the animals had a lot of babies

c)

because the moon was in a crescent form all of the time

d)

The land was fertile and shaped like a crescent moon.

3.

Who were considered the first civilized people?

a)

the Egyptians

b)

the Babylonians

c)

the Americans

d)

the Sumerians

4.

What is polytheism?

a)

an amphibian with many legs

b)

the worship of many gods

c)

the worship of one god

d)

the worship of no god/gods

5.

Three things that the Sumerians invented were...

a)

The wheel, writing, and the plow.

b)

The wheel, top, and toys.

c)

The wheel, the telephone, and houses

d)

The wheel, the computer, and guns.

6.

What is cuneiform?

a)

the first writing system

b)

a game made with cubes

c)

the first written law

d)

a seal

7.

What is a ziggurat?

a)

a tomb for the king

b)

a temple where the priests worshiped their gods

c)

a temple where the priests performed human sacrifices

d)

a Mesopotamian cigarett.

8.
Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?
a)
the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
b)
the Tigris and the Persian Gulf
c)
the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates
d)
the Euphrates and the Tigris
9.
Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?
a)
Gilgamesh
b)
Hammarabui
c)
Nineveh
d)
Sargon
10.
The Sumerian writing system was called
a)
Cuneiform
b)
Hieroglyphs
c)
English
d)
Sargon
11.
Which of the following is  NOT true of Hammurabi's code?
a)
It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.
b)
t was used by many later civilizations as a model
c)
It treated all people the same under the law.
d)
It was carved in stone.
12.
The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?
a)
artisans
b)
scribes
c)
heads of households
d)
merchants
13.
A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside
a)
City-State
b)
Country
c)
Villiage
d)
Culture
14.

Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery are called ______________.

a)

priests

b)

artisans

c)

scribes

d)

heroes

15.

building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops

a)

irrigation

b)

nomads

c)

ziggurat

d)

scribes

16.
Which of these are Sumerian inventions?
a)
Plow
b)
Wheel
c)
Sailboat
d)
All of them
17.

What was the primary reason that civilization first developed in Mesopotamia?

a)

Important centers of learning were in the valleys.

b)

The mountains kept out warring tribes.

c)

Farmers could use tractors and other machinery easily.

d)

The soil was fertile because of flood deposits and silt.

18.

Mesopotamia was located in an AREA with nutrient-rich soil that was great for farming. That AREA of LAND was called?

a)

The Flooded Plain

b)

The Fertile Crescent

c)

The Great Plains

d)

The Delta

19.

8. The rivers would flood every Spring and deposit ________which is soil and rock carried by the water.

a)

silt

b)

dirt

c)

flood water

d)

levees

20.

Hammurabi's code was important because

a)

It treated everybody the same.

b)

It was the first set of written set of laws.

c)

It gave women more legal protection.

d)

It was written in English.

21.

The ziggurat was most closely related to which of these features of Sumerian civilization?

a)

Stable Food Supply

b)

Government

c)

Writing

d)

Religion

22.

What is agriculture?

a)

Raising crops for food

b)

Taming of animals

c)

Worshipping gods

23.

The Epic of Gilgamesh

a)

Describes a massive flood

b)

Is the world's oldest written story

c)

Shows a fight between men and gods

d)

All of the above

24.

Often the most powerful people in Mesopotamian society were...

a)

Priests

b)

Princes

c)

Farmers

d)

Slaves

25.

Mesopotamia was divided into dozens of fiercely independent settlements known as...

a)

Towns

b)

Ziggurats

c)

Gilgamesh

d)

City-States

26.

An "Eye for an Eye" is an important concept of

a)

Epic of Gilgamesh

b)

Ziggurat

c)

Code of Hammurabi

d)

Trade system

27.

The flooding in ancient Mesopotamia

a)

Was violent and unpredictable

b)

Happened slowly each year

c)

Source of great rejoicing (woo hoo!)

d)

Totally did not cause drowning

28.

The economy of Mesopotamia was MOSTLY based on...

a)

Trading

b)

Farming

c)

Mining

d)

All of the above

29.

Which word means: a professional writer?

a)

scribe

b)

famine

c)

merchant

d)

bazaar

30.

Which word means: to tame animals?

a)

city-state

b)

famine

c)

domestication

d)

bazaar

31.

Which word means: a city that had its own government, laws, language, and religion?

a)

city-state

b)

polytheism

c)

domestication

d)

Mesopotamia

32.

Which word means: belief in more than one god?

a)

city-state

b)

polytheism

c)

domestication

d)

Mesopotamia

33.

Which word means: no food due to drought or flooding?

a)

city-state

b)

guffa

c)

scribe

d)

famine

34.

Which word means: groups of people traveling for trade?

a)

caravan

b)

famine

c)

merchant

d)

bazaar

35.

Which word means: extra (grain, wheat, barley)?

a)

caravan

b)

surplus

c)

merchant

d)

bazaar

36.

Which word means: a law?

a)

caravan

b)

code

c)

famine

d)

bazaar

37.
Which writing form consisted of shapes and lines produced by using a wedge-shaped instrument on a clay tablet?
a)
Cuneiform
b)
Stylus
c)
Keystone
d)
Ziggurat
38.
What new invention aided in the use of carts and wagons?
a)
Wheel
b)
Ax
c)
Plow
d)
Tools
39.
How did city-states irrigate their crops?
a)
they built walls, waterways , and ditches
b)
they built underground irrigation systems
c)
they used sprinklers
d)
they relied on rain
40.
Gilgamesh is most unusual because he is 
a)
strong
b)
tall
c)
handsome
d)
2/3s god, 1/3 man
41.
What did Hammurabi do with the code of laws to make sure everyone knew of them?
a)
He had scribes write and display them for all to see
b)
He required fathers to teach the code to their children
c)
He had teachers make students memorize them
d)
He required priests to pray them to the gods as worship
42.
The kingdom ruled by Hammurabi was called
a)
Meopotamia
b)
Rome 
c)
Syria
d)
Babylonia
43.
Hammurabi's Code of Laws' punishment was too easy on people.
a)
True
b)
False