WorksheetsAncient Mesopotamia Test Review
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
An overabundance of crops
(a)
Each worker specializes in a particular task or job
(a)
a city and its surrounding farmland
(a)
area with a dense population often times within walls
(a)
human-made waterways that connected basins to a network of ditches, bringing water to the fields
(a)
a single ruler or leader of a kingdom or empire
(a)
the outer, more remote farming countryside
(a)
A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks, that makes land ideal for farming
(a)
a way of supplying water to an area of land, besides natural features such as lakes or rivers
(a)
land with different territories and people ruled under one government
(a)
Which civilization is considered to be the first in human history?
Assyria
Sumer
Olmec
Egypt
Which ancient civilization do we attribute the 1st alphabet to?
Egypt
Babylon
Sumer
Phoenicia
Which civilization was notable for creating the Ishtar Gate and the Hanging Gardens?
Akkadians
Assyrians
Chaldeans/Neo-Babylonians
Hittites
Who was the most famous Babylonian king?
Gilgamesh
Nebuchadnezzar
Enkidu
Hammurabi
What is the name for th early Sumerian writing system?
Alphabet
Pictographs
Cuneiform
Drawings
What made the Phoenicians so unique?
They were never conquered because of their power
They were often conquered but never destroyed because they were so rich
They were always in battle, regardless of winning or losing
They were very isolated from all other civiliazations
The most important Phoenician resources was
iron
silver
cotton
purple dye
The Chaldeans were from which part of Mesopotamia?
North
South
East
West
Who was the most famous Chaldean king?
Gilgamesh
Nebuchadnezzar
Enkidu
Hammurabi
Sargon was known for being the first ruler to
have a permanent army
be known in history
make a law code
be truly loved by his subjects
Which civilization invented the chariot?
Akkadians
Babylonians
Chaldeans/Neo-Babylonians
Hittites
The Akkadians were from which part of Mesopotamia?
North
South
East
West
Hammurabi is famous for creating a set of 282 laws called
Hammurabi's Comandments
Hammurabi's Rules
Hammurabi's Code
Hammurabi's Law
