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Mesopotamia Unit Review

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following was not an ingredient for civilizations?

a)

Art

b)

War

c)

Workers

d)

Government

2.

What was a nickname of Mesopotamia?

a)

Fertile Crescent

b)

Fertile Farmland

c)

Babylon

d)

The Land of the Free

3.

What did nomads learn to do that allowed them to settle and form civilizations?

a)

Hunting

b)

Gathering

c)

Trade

d)

Farming

4.

What does this image show?

a)

Pyramid

b)

Ruler's Palace

c)

Ziggurat

d)

Museum

5.

Which things did Mesopotamians believe that the gods and goddesses controlled?

a)

Everything

b)

The River

c)

How not well or well that the crops grew

d)

The Gods did not control anything

6.

What do we call the city and its surrounding farmland?

a)

Village

b)

Country

c)

City-State

d)

Farmland

7.

How did rivers help civilizations succeed?

a)

Natural barriers provided protection

b)

Plenty of rain for farming

c)

Humans were just smart enough to survive

d)

Fertile soil for farming

8.

How did the geography of Mesopotamia make survival difficult there at times?

a)

To many natural barriers

b)

Frequent flooding

c)

Bad farmland

d)

No access to water

9.

What do we call the first written laws?

a)

Hittite's Code of Law

b)

Eudeikisland Code of Law

c)

Babylon’s Code of Law

d)

Hammurabi's Code

10.

What country exists today where Mesopotamia once was?

a)

United States

b)

Iraq

c)

Greece

d)

Russia

11.

The first Human civilization began in ________________.

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Greece

c)

China

d)

Italy

12.

What was significant about the geography of Mesopotamia?

a)

Mesopotamia was in between two large mountain ranges

b)

There was an abundance of different geographical features

c)

Mesopotamia's georgraphy mirrored Egypt's

d)

Nothing was significant about the geography of Mesopotamia

13.

Mesopotamia was the _____________________ between the Indus River Valley and Egyptian civilizations.

a)

Mecca

b)

Capitol

c)

Crossroads of Trade

d)

Crossroads of Farming

14.

What were the two rivers that Mesopotamia was in between?

a)

Nile and Rio Grande

b)

Mississippi and Ohio

c)

Indus and Jordan

d)

Tigris and Euphrates

15.

Why did the rivers help Mesopotamia be so fertile?

a)

They left behind silt that allowed plants to grow

b)

The rivers watered the crops once a year

c)

The rivers brought in fish that ancient civilizations used to fertilize their plants

d)

None of the above

16.

The creation of Mesopotamia marked the beginning of the...

a)

Neolithic Period

b)

Agricultural Revolution

c)

Golden Age

d)

Enlightenment

17.

Which of the following was not a major contribution of the Sumerians?

a)

Use of 60's

b)

Epic of Gilgamesh

c)

Canals

d)

Military technology

18.

Why did the Akkadian Empire fall?

a)

They signed a peace treaty with Babylon

b)

King Sargon died and his two sons could not decide who was in power

c)

They eventually were tired from fighting with the Sumerians and surrendered

d)

The Akkadian Empire did not fall

19.

What was a Theocracy?

a)

A government with one supreme king or queen

b)

A type of government that was ruled by a legislature

c)

A type of government that those who rule were said to be chosen by God

d)

A type of government where leaders are elected by the people

20.

What was the significance of Hammurabi's Code?

a)

It was the foundation for future written laws and governments

b)

It was the only law in the ancient world

c)

Hammurabi's Code was only important because it was written on a stone

d)

It was the only law said to have been written by the Gods

21.

Why did the Assyrians have such a powerful army?

a)

They said that God allowed them to be strong so they were a lucky army

b)

They partnered with the Sumerians to have one giant army

c)

The Assyrians created a military academy that trained their soldiers

d)

They created different military technology and used siege warfare

22.

What was not a contribution of the Babylonians?

a)

The Hanging Gardens

b)

Library of Ninevah

c)

The story of The Tower of Babel

d)

The Code of Hammurabi

23.

What is the correct order of empires that we discussed? (First to last)

a)

Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians

b)

Akkadians, Assyrians, Sumerians, Persians, Babylonians

c)

Sumerians, Babylonians, Persians, Akkadians, Assyrians

d)

Assyrians, Akkadians, Persians, Babylonians, Sumerians

24.

How was the Persian Empire created?

a)

The Persians united with the Babylonians to defeat their enemies

b)

The Persians used siege warfare to trick their enemies

c)

Cyrus the Great united tribes in the Middle East and utilized his system of roads

d)

The Persians did not create a large empire

25.

What was the name of the road that helped the Persians create one of the largest land empires in history?

a)

The Great Wall

b)

The Royal Road

c)

The World's Interstate

d)

Going to the Sun Road

26.

What was the way system that Mesopotamia used to trade?

a)

Democracy

b)

Bartering

c)

Trading

d)

Monetary Bargaining