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Unit 1 Test Mesopotamia

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name

Class

Date

This picture shows an area known as the..

Farming Curve

Fertile Crescent

Green C

Fertile Curve

Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?

the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean

the Tigris and the Persian Gulf

the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates

the Euphrates and the Tigris

The Sumerian writing system was called

Cuneiform

Hieroglyphs

English

Sargon

Which of the following were members of the upper class?

kings and priests

artisans

merchants and traders

scribes

Which of the following is NOT true of Hammurabi's code?

It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.

It was used by many later civilizations as a model

It treated all people the same under the law.

It was carved in stone.

The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?

artisans

scribes

heads of households

merchants

Babylonian leader who created the first written code of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life

Gilgamesh

Sargon

Hammurabi

Sumer

Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops

irrigation

nomads

ziggurat

scribes

The word "Mesopotamia" means

middle of the fertile crescent

land in the middle of the desert

land between the rivers

land north of the sea

10.

What modern day country is Mesopotamia mostly in?

India

Egypt

China

Iraq

11.

According to the Code of Hammurabi, what does "eye for an eye" mean?

turn the other cheek

hurt others before they have a chance to hurt you

whatever crime someone commits against you, do back to them

treat others as you would want to be treated

12.

Mesopotamia had many different cultures & people. These people created the first city and invented writing. This is why Mesopotamia is known as the _______________.

land between two rivers

cradle of civilization

fertile crescent

land of new civilization

13.

Pyramid shaped temple

Ziggurat

City-state

Code of Hammurabi

Cuneiform

14.

First known written laws

Ziggurat

Cuneiform

Code of Hammurabi

Epic of Gilgamesh

15.

Land between two rivers

Cultural Hearth

Mesopotamia

Cuneiform

City-state

16.

What does letter A represent?

Tigris

Euphrates

Mesopotamia

Fertile Crescent

17.

What does letter B represent?

Tigris

Euphrates

Mesopotamia

Fertile Crescent

18.

What does letter C represent?

Tigris

Euphrates

Mesopotamia

Fertile Crescent

19.

Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?

the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean

the Tigris and the Persian Gulf

the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates

the Euphrates and the Tigris

20.

Why do they call it the Fertile Crescent?

because the women had a lot of babies

because the animals had a lot of babies

because the moon was in a crescent form all of the time

The land was fertile and shaped like a crescent moon.

21.

Who were considered the first civilized people?

the Egyptians

the Babylonians

the Americans

the Sumerians

22.

Three things that the Sumerians invented were...

The wheel, writing, and the plow.

The wheel, top, and toys.

The wheel, the telephone, and houses

The wheel, the computer, and guns.

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Unit 1 Test Mesopotamia

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

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