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Crash Course Mesopotamia Video Quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does 'meso' mean?

a)

Between

b)

Among

c)

Above

d)

Sus

2.

Early Mesopotamia used a form of proto-socialism. That means that crops were harvested, but into community storehouses and ______

a)

Given to the gods

b)

Kept for the elite, like kings

c)

Allowed to rot

d)

Distributed evenly to everyone

3.

In the showdown between country and city, who wins?

a)

Iron Man

b)

Superman

c)

City

d)

Country

4.

What was the name of the monumental temples in Uruk?

a)

Ziggurats

b)

Ziggy Stardust

c)

Temples

d)

Zebulons

5.

What were the two main traits of Mesopotamian gods, and rivers?

a)

Watery and shallow

b)

Full of fish and plants

c)

Powerful and easy to work with

d)

Unpredictable and violent

6.

What rival power structure arose in competition with the temples?

a)

The palace

b)

Chick-fil-a

c)

The president

d)

The market

7.

How do we know so much about Mesopotamia?

a)

Painted pictures

b)

Artifacts

c)

Writing

d)

Mesopotamian reality TV shows

8.

What is the name of Mesopotamian writing?

a)

Circularism

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Writing

d)

Klingon

9.

Reading and writing (literacy) contributed to the rise of what?

a)

School

b)

Fanfiction

c)

Newspapers

d)

Class divides

10.

Proto-socialism was replaced with a system where you could produce as much as you wanted and keep most of it as long as you gave a cut to the king in taxes. What was this system called?

a)

Private enterprise

b)

Private eyes

c)

Fair game

d)

Ziggurat

11.

What king of Babylon is famous for his law code?

a)

Ham Sandwich

b)

Han Solo

c)

Hamish

d)

Hammurabi

12.

What was the name of the first empire?

a)

The Akkadian Empire

b)

The Anglo-Saxon Empire

c)

The Assyrian Empire

d)

The Roman Empire