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Mesopotamia

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Peasants lived in

a)

huts

b)

houses with two floors

c)

temples

d)

walls made of mud or adobe

2.

The rivers overflowed

a)

in July

b)

at the beginning of the summer

c)

at the end of the summer

d)

in huge terraced towers

3.

Whats is the meaning of “Mesopotamia”?

a)

land along the rivers

b)

land between the river Tigris and Euphrates

c)

land between rivers

d)

land between clay and straw

4.

Then inhabitants of Mesopotamia were polytheistic, what means that...

a)

they believed in many gods

b)

they believed in a couple of gods

c)

they believed in one god

d)

they didn’t believe in gods

5.

The wall was protected by

a)

slaves

b)

scribes

c)

soldiers

d)

priests

6.

Mesopotamia was the first civilization that

a)

created governments

b)

created slaves

c)

created soldiers

d)

believed in gods

7.

Merchants were very important because

a)

they protected the cities

b)

they were blacksmiths

c)

they wrote contracts

d)

they brought products from other places

8.

Mesopotomia could grow as civilization because

a)

the slaves wrote laws or contracts

b)

they could observe the stars

c)

they were polytheistic

d)

the river overflowed and the harvests were bigger

9.

Mesopotamia is also called the ....

a)

cradle of civilisation

b)

cradle of markets

c)

ziggurat city

d)

land along the river Nile

10.

School was for ...

a)

richest scribes

b)

richest merchants

c)

richest boys

d)

richest peasants