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WorksheetsAncient Mesopotamia Test Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
People in the middle of the social class pyramid worked as....
Kings, Priest, government officials, or scribes
Artisans, merchants, farmers, fishers, or traders
slaves
Believing in many different gods is called?
Monotheistic
Cuneiform
Ziggurats
Polytheistic
The Fertile Crescent is the region of land between the...
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Nineveh and Roark Rivers
Sumer and Hammurabi Rivers
Ziggurat and Mesopotamia Rivers
Fine soil that is good for farming is called....
Silt
Scribe
Cuneiform
Irrigation
A person who could write in ancient Sumer
Silt
Scribe
Cuneiform
Irrigation
Which leader created the world's first empire?
Sargon
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar
Ashoka
Which leader made a code of law for his empire?
Sargon
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar
Ashoka
Slaves made up this class.....
Upper Class
Middle Class
Lower Class
A pyramid-shaped temple built to honor the gods.
Caravan
Ziggurat
Polytheism
Tribute
A forced payment.
Caravan
Ziggurat
Polytheism
Tribute
The _______ Empire was able to grow because they had iron weapons and a professional army.
Akkadian
Assyrian
Chaldean
Sky-martin
The people of Sumer used this invention to help water crops.
Irrigation
Astronomers
Tribute
Scribe
A city and its surrounding area that functions and governs itself independently
Levee
Silt
Cuneiform
City-State
What was the main purpose of the ziggurats in Ancient Mesopotamia?
A home for the king
Served as a temple for the gods
Storehouse for crops
Place for the cartwrights to work
Which civilization was the first in Mesopotamia?
Babylong
Sumer
Ur
Assyria
Which empire was Hammurabi the king of?
Babylon
Ur
Sumer
Assyria
The land in Mesopotamia that is between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers and along the Mediterranean coast
Mesopotamia
Fertile Crescent
Sumer
Assyria
Punishments for breaking the laws of Hammurabi depended on your _____.
class
crime
ability to pay the fine
age
Nebuchadnezzar built the Hanging Gardens of Assyria.
true
false
What was the role of priests in Sumerian civilization?
Lead the economy
Introduce new technology
Communicate with gods
Run farms
How many letters did the Phoenician alphabet system have?
22
26
28
32
When you have more than you need of something like food, you have a ...
Surplus
Irrigation
Polytheism
Tribute
When there is not enough food and people are going hungry, this is called...
Surplus
Famine
Drought
3rd Core
Which of the following was NOT part of the legacy of Mesopotamia?
12 month calendar
60 minute hours
The Wheel
Fire
The people at the top of the social class pyramid had the most ___ but the least ____.
most power/least population
most population/least people
most money/least happiness
most people/least gold
What is an empire?
A group of many lands united under one ruler.
One land with a king.
Two lands with two kings.
A group of many lands with many rulers.
On what did the Sumerians write?
Clay tablets
Paper
Papyrus
Chat boxes
Which empire did Nebuchadnezzar II rule over?
Babylonian Empire
Assyrian Empire
Chaldean Empire
Persian Empire
