WorksheetsMesopotamia
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
The Mesopotamian civilization appears to have risen in the valley between what two rivers?
Euphrates and Tigris
Zagros and Taurus
Nile and Amazon
Danube and Rhine
The region of Mesopotamia is located in the present day country of...?
Iraq
Turkey
Syria
Egypt
What invention made farming possible in dry areas?
Cuneiform
Sailboats
Irrigation
Clay Tablets
Which king wrote the first recorded system of laws in human history?
Sargon
Hammurabi
Cyrus
Tut
Why was the ziggurat important?
It was an area of trade in the center of the city
Built for government purposes only
Temples built for the gods
Homes built for the weathly
What did the Mesopotamian scribes write on?
clay tablets
papyrus
animal skin
Paper
What is the purpose of a code of law?
To design ziggurats
To send secret messages during times of war
To establish laws and penalties
To worship gods and goddesses
The region known as Mesopotamia is indicated on the map by the letter:
X
W
Z
If a common man cut the eye of another common man, what would his punishment be according to Hammurabi's Code?
He would have his eye out
He would have to pay certain amount of gold
nothing
The highest level leader in Mesopotamia was a ...?
Judge
Council Leader
King
merchant
A mixture of bits of rock and soil that gets deposited by the flood waters, is good for farming is called...
bed rock
silt
sand
pebbles
The invention of irrigation made it possible to grow an extra supply of food which is called...
surplus
scarcity
sufficient
minimal
King Sargon, he conquered and united all the city-states under 1 ruler, this created the first?
Castle
Territory
Empire
State
The worship of many gods and goddesses
polytheism
monotheism
atheism
Judaism
A legendary Sumerian king who was the hero in one of the world's first written stories, one tale was about his quest for immortality
Hammurabi
Sargon
Ashurbanipal
Gilgamesh
A professional writer or record keeper
scribe
judge
king
merchant
A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using clay tablet; first system of writing
hieroglyphics
cuneiform
wing dings
Alphabet
A long narrative poem that describes heroic deeds, can describe mythological characters, legends or religious stories, can also tell about real people and events from history.
play
novel
haiku
epic
A city that is independent, with it's own government and leader, surrounded by a wall and farmland.
city-state
empire
castle
tribe
Judaism is the first religion to believe in one God. What is this called?
polytheism
atheism
monotheism
paganism
