WorksheetsMesopotamia Review
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
The Fertile Crescent got its name because...
it's in an arid valley in the Middle East
the land is crescent shaped and has rich soil that is ideal for farming
the people who lived there had lots of children
it was one of the earliest civilizations
Nebuchadnezzar was their most famous king. He built the Hanging Gardens in their capitol city. These people admired Sumerian culture and their capitol became a center of astronomy.
The Babylonian Empire
The Assyrian Empire
The Chaldean Empire
This group lived by a code of laws created by their most famous King, Hammurabi. Their empire included all of Mesopotamia and was named after its' capitol city, Babylon.
The Assyrian Empire
The Babylonian Empire
The Chaldean Empire
This group conquered all of the Fertile Crescent including parts of Egypt. They established a huge royal library at Nineveh, its' capital city.
The Assyrian Empire
The Babylonian Empire
The Chaldean Empire
Which of these people was said to have built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
Hammurabi
Sargon the Great
Nebuchadnezzar
King Saul
Mesopotamian farmers built irrigation ditches to...
make it easier to travel and trade with other people
prevent rivers from flooding and move water where they needed it
relive pressure on the dikes and levees that were holding back the sea
encourage the formation of government and cooperation among peoples
The three concepts that Mesopotamia put in place that we still use today are farming, taxes, and ___________.
agriculture
laws
domestication
irrigation
What does Hammurabi's Code reveal about Babylonian Society?
Babylonian people could do whatever they wanted because there was no law.
Nobel people were thought to be better and more important than common people and slaves
Everyone in Babylonia society was thought of as equals
Slaves were the most respected people in Babylonian society
Which of the following was NOT in the Assyrian's library of Nineveh?
Thousands of Cuneiform tablets
Legal and Administrative Documents
Literary Texts
Paw Patrol Books
A large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland that stretches from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea
Fertile Crescent
Civilizatoin
Polytheism
Surplus
An organized society within a specific area
Civilization
Polytheism
Surplus
Silt
A way of supplying water to an area of land
Irrigation
Surplus
Silt
Polytheism
More than you need
Surplus
Silt
Polytheism
Civilization
Belief in multiple gods
Polytheism
Surplus
Civilzation
Irrigation
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
Silt
Irrigation
Surplus
Polytheism
What two advantages did the Hittites have over their enemies? Choose TWO!
The used iron weapons
They used chariots
They were bigger than everyone else
The knew kung fu
Their rocks were sharper
Why did Sumerians first use cuneiform?
To create laws
To keep business records
To pay scribes
To learn how others speak
"Between the Rivers" is Greek for:
Levee
Ziggurat
Mesopotamia
Asia Minor
What are the two most important physical features of Mesopotamia?
Civilization and Silt
Ziggurats and Levees
Irrigation and Canals
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers!!!
What made the land in Mesopotamia NATURALLY ideal for farming?
silt
irrigation
canals
levees
What are man made waterways built to provide water to fields?
Ziggurat
Irrigation
Levees
Silt
What does it mean to have a surplus of food?
Having little to eat
Having just enough to eat
Having more than enough to eat
True or False: Hammurabi became a great monarch of the Babylonian Empire.
True
False
How many laws were in Hammurabi's Code?
282
557
101
978
Which group of people were the first to successfully use the chariot?
Babylonians
Sumerians
Hittites
Kassites
What is famine?
An extreme shortage of food
Having the right amount of food
Having too much food
Ancient Mesopotamians used a system of writing that consisted of wedge-shaped symbols. What was it called?
Cuneiform
Hammurabi
Fertile Crescent
Language
What were professional writers called in Mesopotamia?
Cuneiform
Scribes
Canals
Ziggurats
How many years are between each presidential election?
2
4
6
8
How many TERMS can a U.S. President serve?
1
2
4
8
How many TOTAL electoral college votes are there?
270
538
550
250
How many electoral votes must a candidate win in order to be declared the President-Elect?
270
200
538
300
The number of electors a state gets is equal to:
Its number of senators only
Its number of representatives only
Its number of representatives plus its number of senators
True or False: ALL citizens have the right to vote.
True
False
What does "Suffrage" mean?
The right to vote
To experience something unpleasant
An organization to gain political power
A national or state election
