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WorksheetsDFA #5: Mesopotamia Geography, Religion, and Achievements
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 11mins
Mesopotamia lies between which two rivers?
Nile River and Tigris River
Mesoptamian River and Tigris River
Tigris and Euphrates River
Mediterranean Sea and Nile River
What is polytheism?
Polytheism is the time the flooding occurs in Mesopotamia, then the Sumerians learned to navigate the river.
Polytheism is the belief in one god.
Polytheism is the belief that said that the gods controlled Sumerian lives.
Polytheism is the belief in more than one god.
What was the benefit of living near the two rivers?
Floods destroyed homes and crops.
The river provided rich soil for farming and a system of irrigation was created.
The river flooded every spring when the mountains received lots of rain.
The writing was invented.
The government in each city-state had...
their own merchants that farmed the land.
the two river Tigris and Euphrates.
A map that showed the people where to live
Their own king, a military, and their own laws.
What was the role of the priest in a city-state?
The priest appointed the king because they had a connection to the gods.
appointed the slaves to live in the city-state
Lived between the Tigris and Euphrates River
appointed the god to live in the Ziggurat in the middle of the city.
How did Sumerians learn to control the river?
The Sumerians created a city-state.
The Sumerians created a system of irrigation that had levees, canals, trenches, and wooden gates.
The Sumerians believed that they can get fish from the river.
The Sumerians had to deal with floods all the time.
What is a Ziggurat?
A ziggurat was a square-shaped school built for the priest.
A ziggurat was a temple that was built to honor the gods and each city-state had its own temple.
A ziggurat is the trade route from China to Mesopotamia.
A ziggurat is the Northern part of Mesopotamia where
What was one of the challenges of living near a river?
Water was available from rivers for the cities.
Silt left behind from flooding produced good soil for crops.
Rivers provided fish for people
Flooding caused damages to homes and crops were destroyed.
What was the population size of the a city-state?
100-200
300-400
5,000-20,000
30-50
Why did kings work closely with the priests?
The priests believed in many gods.
The priests had a connection to the gods and appointed the kings.
The priests were able to sail on the river.
The priests were living in the Ziggurat.
What is one place that you wish you could travel to?
Beach
Mountains
Lakes
