NEW
Font size
S
M
L
XL
WorksheetsAncient Sumer
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the Sumerians written language called?
a)
Cuneiform
b)
Hieroglyphics
c)
Pictographs
d)
Babylonian
2.
What was the responsibility of a scribe?
a)
to serve in the army
b)
to write and maintain records
c)
to create swords for the army
d)
to plan social events
3.
How was language written?
a)
on wood blocks
b)
on cave walls
c)
on clay tablets
d)
on stones
4.
Wedge-shaped writing is better known as
a)
triangles
b)
alphabet
c)
letters
d)
cuneiform
5.
A ziggurat is?
a)
A war tactic
b)
A writing system
c)
A Temple
d)
A Sumerian chariot
6.
The name of Mesopotamia comes from its location, which was
a)
between two rivers.
b)
in mountain foothills.
c)
near a region of many conflicts
d)
at the site of the earliest cities
7.
What is meant by polytheism?
a)
belief in one god
b)
a belief in no god
c)
a belief in many gods
8.
Which of the following inventions most affected the food supply in Sumer?
a)
the wheel
b)
the plow
c)
the arch
d)
the chariot
9.
Why were Sumerian communities called city-states?
a)
Each of them kept written records.
b)
They were all of one great empire
c)
They all depended on each other for water.
d)
Each of them had its own ruler and farmland
10.
A wedge-shaped stylus was used to produce...
a)
cuneiform
b)
hieroglyphics
c)
the alphabet
d)
petroglyphs
11.
Cuneiform was recorded on what kind of material?
a)
ancient paper
b)
papyrus
c)
clay tablets
d)
tree bark
12.
What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean?
a)
messy region to live in
b)
region that can be tamed
c)
land between two rivers
d)
land near the mountains
13.
Name the two bodies of water that provided water for Mesopotamia.
a)
Nile River and Black Sea
b)
Tigris River and Persian Gulf
c)
Euphrates River and Tigris River
d)
Euphrates River and Nile River
14.
What civilization was led by Sargon and was located north of Sumer?
a)
The Akkadians
b)
Egypt
c)
Babylonia
d)
Sinai Penninsula
15.
When the Akkadians under Sargon conquered the city-states of Sumer, they created the first
a)
empire
b)
huge city-state
c)
nation
d)
democracy
16.
The earliest poet and author?
a)
Enheduanna
b)
Robert Hooke
c)
Qiu Jin
d)
Heinrich Heine
17.
What does the word cuneiform mean in Latin?
a)
Wedge Shaped
b)
Alphabet
c)
Hieroglyphs
d)
Optical illusions
18.
Who was Hammurabi?
a)
He was a god.
b)
He was a king of the first city of Ur.
c)
He was the king of the Babylonian empire.
d)
He was a Mesopotamian scribe.
19.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
a)
a story of Babylon's creation
b)
it is the language of Ancient Sumer
c)
it is a collection of written laws and rules
20.
The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest known piece of literature ever written in history.
a)
True
b)
False
Reset
