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Mesopotamia

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why do they call it the Fertile Crescent?

a)

because the women had a lot of babies

b)

because the animals had a lot of babies

c)

because the moon was in a crescent form all of the time

d)

The land was fertile and shaped like a crescent moon.

2.

What is polytheism?

a)

an amphibian with many legs

b)

the worship of many gods

c)

the worship of one god

d)

the worship of no god/gods

3.

What is a ziggurat?

a)

a tomb for the king

b)

a temple where the priests worshiped their gods

c)

a temple where the priests performed human sacrifices

d)

a Mesopotamian cigarett.

4.
Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?
a)
the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
b)
the Tigris and the Persian Gulf
c)
the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates
d)
the Euphrates and the Tigris
5.
Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?
a)
Gilgamesh
b)
Hammarabui
c)
Nineveh
d)
Sargon
6.
Which of the following is  NOT true of Hammurabi's code?
a)
It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.
b)
t was used by many later civilizations as a model
c)
It treated all people the same under the law.
d)
It was carved in stone.
7.
What was the main religion of the Sumerians?
a)
Monotheism
b)
Christianity
c)
Polytheism
d)
Judaism
8.
A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside
a)
City-State
b)
Country
c)
Villiage
d)
Culture
9.

Who is featured here atop the stele of laws that they enacted?

a)

Nebuchanezzer and Gilgmesh

b)

Sumer and Ahkadian

c)

Hammurabi and Shamash

d)

Cuneiform and Hieroglyphs.

10.

What is the difference between Prehistoric society and Mesopotamian society?

a)

Prehistoric people were hunter gatherers, Mesopotamian people were farmers.

b)

Prehistoric people did not leave written history, Mesopotamian people left extensive writings.

c)

Prehistoric people made artwork primarily about animals, Mesopotamian people made art about many subjects.

d)

Prehistoric people were nomads, Mesopotamian people built cities and lived in them.

e)

All of these

11.

Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops is also known as

a)

irrigation

b)

architecture

c)

fishing

d)

cuneiform

12.

Who held the highest levels of Mesopotamian society?

a)

Scribes

b)

Fishermen and Merchants

c)

Priests and Rulers

d)

Artists

13.

Punishments under the Code of Hammurabi

a)

were more harsh for people of lower social classes.

b)

stressed reform rather than retribution for crimes.

c)

did not cover domestic/family concerns.

d)

did not apply to the upper class.

14.
This picture shows an area known as the..
a)
Farming Curve
b)
Fertile Crescent
c)
Green C
d)
Fertile Curve
15.
Which of the following were members of the upper class?
a)
kings and priests
b)
artisans
c)
merchants and traders
d)
scribes
16.
The word "Mesopotamia" means
a)
middle of the fertile crescent
b)
land in the middle of the desert 
c)
land between the rivers
d)
land north of the sea
17.

Who was the lowest within Mesopotamia's social hierarchy?

a)

Kings

b)

Landowners

c)

Noblemen

d)

Slaves

18.
Why was Sargon important?
a)
He united Babylon to create the first empire
b)
He united Mesopotamia and created the first Empire
c)
He united Mesopotamia and made the first civilization
d)
He united Babylon and created the first civilization
19.
Artisans, merchants, and fishers made up this group
a)
Lower Class
b)
Upper Class
c)
Middle Class
d)
Pass Class
20.
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