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Mesopotamia Chapter 2 test

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Belief in one god (a)  

2.

When there is not enough food to go around (a)  

3.

A professional writer

4 lines
4.

They traded snails along the Mediterranean sea.

a)

Sumerians

b)

Babylonians

c)

Phoenicians

d)

Israelite's

5.

The Phoenicians built the city of Jerusalem.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

a)

All the choices are wrong

b)

Phoenicians and the Israelites

c)

Egyptians and the Mongolians

d)

Sumerians and Babylonians

7.

A binding agreement between Abraham and God.

(a)  

8.

Community wit its own separate government.

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9.

The Israelites live between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Egyptians and people living in Mesopotamia had a monotheistic religion.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Why is Mesopotamia known as the birthplace of civilization?

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12.

Their land was open to invasion.

a)

Sumerians

b)

Babylonians

c)

Assyrians

d)

Phoenicians

13.

What was the main benefit for Hammurabi code?

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14.

Separate city- states developed in Sumer because the cities were ......................

a)

Often destroyed by floods

b)

Separated by long distances

c)

United under one government

d)

Destroyed by the Assyrians

15.

The Tigris and Euphrates river flow into the ......

a)

Red Sea

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

All the choices are wrong

16.

The Phoenicians Traded with cities as far as .....

a)

New York

b)

Carthage

c)

Greece

d)

Cadiz

17.

Abraham is the father of what three religions?

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18.

All were kings of Israel except

a)

Solomon

b)

Abraham

c)

Saul

d)

David

19.

How many years did the Israelites wander the Sinai Peninsula?

a)

10 years

b)

20 years

c)

30 years

d)

40 years

20.

What civilization created writing with 26 letters?

a)

Phoenicians

b)

Israelites

c)

Egyptians

d)

Americans

21.

Cuneiform has 22 symbols

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Why did writing develop in Mesopotamia ?

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23.

Hammurabi and Abraham wrote the first set of laws.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Assyrians were defeated by the Medes and Chaldeans.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Torah is the religious book of the Jewish people.

a)

True

b)

False