Worksheets(History Alive) Ancient Mesopotamia Review (Chapters 4, 5, 6
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 26mins
What was the first civilization to rise up in Mesopotamia? (think southern Mesopotamia)
Mesopotamia
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Anatolia
Ancient Sumer
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land between the earth
Land between the mountains
Land between the rivers
Land by the water
Early Mesopotamians faced four key problems. They were: 1-Food shortages in the hills
2-An uncontrolled water supply on the plains
3-Attacks by neighboring communities
4-?
Difficulties in building and maintaining irrigation systems to serve the needs of several villages at once
Problems with crop export
Difficulties in building and maintaining the large walls necessary for survival
Potential attacks from wild animals
Irrigation systems are ...?
a means of moving domesticated animals from place to place
really new technology
a means of supplying land with water
a way to store water
Were the Zagros foothills a good place to farm and live?
Yes, they had mild weather and plentiful rains.
No, it was cold and dry.
Yes, it rained a lot but it was very hot.
No, it rained too much and flooded.
Why did people have to leave the hills?
Their animals ran down out of the hills.
They didn't leave the hills. They had enough food and land.
The climate shifted and things got hot.
They ran out of land to grow enough food for the increasing number of people. (Too many people)
The Sumerians needed to control the water levels and supply to keep it consistent year-round. To do so, they built levees. What is a levee?
A water storage unit.
A wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks.
A brick wall to channel the water a certain direction.
A place to grow crops.
Fill in the blank:
"The canals had to be cleaned regularly as they became clogged with (a) (very fine mud)."
Check all that apply: Since one clogged canal could spoil the entire system, could farmers continue to live apart or in small groups?
Yes, they just had to maintain their portion of the canal.
No, because the canals stretched for miles through multiple villages.
No, they had to depend on other farmers and villages to maintain the complex irrigation system.
Yes, because the irrigation system only went through one village.
What did the growing levels of dependence on the nearby villages lead to?
The start of wars.
The growth of marriages.
The first armies.
The growth of the first towns and cities.
Did Sumerians cities have conflict with one another?
Yes, armies fought very frequently.
No, Mesopotamia was peaceful.
No, only because the leaders didn't want to fight.
Yes, but not often at all.
What did the Sumerians build around their cities to protect them from these attacks?
Larger fields
Chariots
Bridges
Large, fortified walls.
What resources were the city-states usually fighting over?
Water access and usage
More land for farming
Mineral wealth and water access
Land and access to the mountains
Animals and slaves
What are some of the things a group needs in order to become a civilization?
A stable food supply.
A religious system.
Social Structure.
A system of government.
A highly developed written language.
Was society equal or stratified in Ancient Sumer?
It was stratified. There were three classes. The upper class, the common class, and the lower class.
It was equal with no classes.
It was equal for everyone but the priestly class.
It was stratified with two classes.
what does a scribe do?
Record laws. They can read and "write."
Sing songs and play an instrument.
They drive chariots.
They scribbled on all the walls of the cities.
Which of the following titles fit in the upper class?
Priests
Slaves
Government officials
Merchants
Land owners
Who appointed kings in Ancient Sumer?
The people voted.
They were chosen by the gods.
The priests chose them.
He was born into the job.
Which of these tasks was a king responsible for?
Enforce laws and collect taxes
Oversee the irrigation canal system
Lead the city-states army
Commission the construction of temples and public works
Keep track of crop production
What is the name of the Ancient Sumerian step temples that each city-state built? (Gods lived here)
(a)
The root "mono" means one, the root "poly" means many. Theo or theis, deals with religion. So given that the Sumerians believed in more than one god, what would you consider them?
Monotheistic
Polytheistic
Olytheistic
Sonotheistic
What was the name of the harp like instrument that was famous in Ancient Mesopotamia?
(a)
What did the people often leave in temples as signs of devotion to the gods?
Offerings
Small statues of themselves praying
Pictures
Clay tablets
Which technology was invented in Ancient Mesopotamia that revolutionized the way travel and good transport was done?
The wheel
The plow
The boat
The saddle
Using the wheel, what new technology was utilized for military usage?
Shields
Sleds
Wagons
Chariots
In addition to the transport technology, the Ancient Mesopotamians pioneered many things in the field of architecture. What U or V shaped structure did they use in their buildings?
(a)
Civilizations must have a developed written language. The people of Ancient Mesopotamia had several forms through time. What was their most famous written script called?
Pictographs
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Pictoglyphs
Later writing developed from this earlier form used in Ancient Mesopotamia.
Hieroglyphics
Pictographs
Petroglyph
Cuneiform
King of the Akkadians. He shares an origin story with someone we're familiar with from the bible.
Hammurabi
Sargon
Nebuchadnezzar
Ashurbanipal II
The dominant Assyrian Empire constructed some of the earliest of these water transport structures, later popularized by the Romans.
Irrigation ditches
Canals
Aqueducts
Levees
The tactic where an attacking army surrounds a fortified point and puts an effective blockade on it, forcing it to surrender.
Siege
Liege
Circle entrapment
Noose strategy
The Ishtar Gate was one of the gates into Babylon during which ruling empirical period?
The Akkadian Empire
The Babylonian Empire
The Assyrian Empire
The Neo-Babylonian Empire
The _____________ Stele of Naram-Sin pictures Akkadian King Naram-Sin as taller than the other men around him. He wears a horned crown to make him look like a god.
Winning
Victory
Battle
Royal
Wealth sent from one country or ruler to another as a sign that the other is superior.
Royal Package
Tribulation
Care Package
Tribute
The Akkadian capital city during their rule.
Agade/Akkad
Ninevah
Babylon
Ur
The first king to demand that his sons rule after his death.
Hammurabi
Sargon
Ur-Nashibal
Shan-Enlil
This famous king had a code of laws, which he wrote from 1792 to 1750 BCE.
Nebuchadnezzar II
Sargon
Marduk
Hammurabi
Due to its location along the banks of the Euphrates river, this City-State became an important center for trade.
Ur
Uruk
Babylon
Assur
Which group were known for their brutality in war?
The Babylonians
The Elamites
The Assyrians
The Akkadians
This type of sculpture was very popular in the Assyrian Empire. The images on these sculptures project out from a flat surface and were very realistic.
Outward-relief
Bas-relief
Embossed-relief
Extended-relief
This city was named after the god that a group worshipped.
Assur
Shabat-Enlil
Ur
Byblos
The capital city of the Assyrian Empire.
Ninevah
Assur
Ur
Khabal
The Babylonians were skilled in mathematics and this science, which is the study of the stars and heavenly bodies.
Starology
Astronomy
Astrology
Astronomics
The Persians conquered the Neo-Babylonians thanks to a fierce military and good strategy, what was their leader's name?
Cyrus
Shubat-Enlil
Nebuchadnezzar
Sargon
This tool was used for writing or stamping cuneiform.
Reed scratch
Pen
Pluma
Stylus
These unique tools were used to roll out designs on clay tablets, often used as royal seals or signs of royal authority.
Cylinder seals
Circle seals
Round seals
Clay roller
