WorksheetsMesopotamia Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How can you tell that your society has a stable food supply?
a)
Everyone is happy.
b)
There is job specialization.
c)
There are no wars being fought.
d)
It gets its food by hunting and gathering.
2.
Which invention had the biggest impact on Sumer's food supply?
a)
the arch
b)
the plow
c)
cuneiform
d)
the chariot
3.
Which person specialized in writing cuneiform?
a)
a skilled metalworker
b)
a government official
c)
a king
d)
a scribe
4.
Who was considered the lowest class of people in ancient Sumer?
a)
women
b)
children
c)
fishermen
d)
slaves
5.
Which Sumerian belief about the king gave him power?
a)
He was chosen by the gods.
b)
He wanted everyone to work hard.
c)
He cared about the poor in society. <br />
d)
He made everyone invent something to help their society.
6.
Why were scribes important in Sumerian society?
a)
They taught the royal children.
b)
They collected the taxes.
c)
They wrote down the laws.
d)
They entertain the rulers with stories.
7.
The ziggurat is most closely related to which characteristic of Sumerian society?
a)
Arts
b)
Religion
c)
Social Structure
d)
Writing System
8.
Sumerians used items such as drums, pipes, and lyres to entertain people through what?
a)
Literature
b)
Writing
c)
Paintings
d)
Music
9.
What evidence found by archaeologists shows that Sumerians were not prehistoric?
a)
ziggurats
b)
wheels
c)
city walls
d)
written records
10.
A wedge-shaped stylus was used to produce...
a)
arches
b)
ziggurats
c)
cuneiform
d)
lyre music
11.
Cuneiform was recorded on what kind of material?
a)
clay tablets
b)
papyrus
c)
animal bones
d)
tree bark
12.
Which group of people traded with, attacked and stole from the Sumerians, causing their decline?
a)
agrarian civilizations
b)
royalty
c)
pastoral nomads
d)
scribes
13.
Which of the following lead to the decline of the Sumerian civilization?
a)
war with Egypt
b)
salinization - salty land
c)
poor inventions
d)
a major disease
14.
King Sargon expanded his power by conquering other Sumerian city-states. This shows the creation of a(n) ____________.
a)
city-state
b)
empire
c)
civilization
d)
town
15.
What is cultural diffusion?
a)
the spread of ideas and beliefs
b)
the invention of new tools
c)
the transition from hunter-gather to farmer
d)
the creation of a trade route
16.
Which of the following is an example of cultural diffusion?
a)
Egyptians using the idea of the chariot.
b)
Sumerians building ziggurats.
c)
Sumerians inventing the plow.
d)
Egyptians writing on papyrus.
17.
Which rivers were important to the Sumerian civilization?
a)
Tigris and Euphrates
b)
Yellow and Yangtze
c)
Nile and Amazon
d)
Indus and Rhine
18.
The first civilization and empire began in?
a)
Indus Valley
b)
Mesopotamia
c)
Pacific Islands
d)
North America
19.
Which of the following is a Sumerian achievement?
a)
sailboats
b)
gunpowder
c)
linen
d)
paper
20.
Which of the following words describes the Sumerian religion?
a)
monotheism
b)
polytheism
c)
no religion
d)
diffusion
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