WorksheetsMesopotamia Test Review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
A pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top.
Empire
Ziggurat
Epic
Pyramid
Which group is credited with the creation of the "Library" at Nineveh
Sumerians
Babylonians
Assyrians
Gilgamesh
A belief in more than one god.
Polytheism
Monotheism
Atheist
Nontheism
A system that supplies dry land/crops with water.
Surplus
Agriculture
Irrigation
Silt
What does "Mesopotamia" mean?
Fertile Crescent
Fertile land near a river or two
Land by the river
Land between rivers
Which two rivers did Mesopotamia develop near?
Tigris
Indus
Nile
Euphrates
A person who copies or write out documents, often a record keeper.
Artisan
Writer
Surplus
Scribe
What was the main purpose of religion in Mesopotamia?
To fill time
To help explain the world around them
To keep the peace
To punish people
An amount that is leftover after a need has been met.
Surplus
Extra
Deficit
Chariot
Mesopotamia is also referred to as
First Rome
Fertile River
Land of the Ages
Fertile Crescent
The Sumerians created the worlds first system of writing. What was it called?
Scribe
Clay
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Sumerian Kings claimed they received their power from the
Ziggurat
Gods
Rivers
Previous Kings
What is the name of the first group to rule in Mesopotamia?
Sumerians
Babylonians
Akkadians
Assyrians
Which one of these did Mesopotamia NOT invent.
Plow
Sewer System
Irrigation System
Metallurgy
What is the chronological order of groups who controlled Mesopotamia.
Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians
Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Sumerians
Babylonians, Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians
Sumerians, Assyrians, Akkadians, Babylonians
How did silt get replenished?
Rain
Hurricanes
Rivers Flooding
Irrigation System
Fine particles of fertile soil.
Irrigation
Silt
Cuneiform
Epic
Who created the worlds first empire?
Assyrians
Sumerians
Babylonians
Akkadians
Which one of these items did Mesopotamia NOT invent
Wheel
Chariot
Silk
Sail
What is Hammurabi most remembered for?
Inventing cuneiform
Establishing a code of law
Building Ziggurats
Creating the first empire in history
Bronze is created by mixing what together?
Bronze
Brass
Copper
Platinum
Tin
