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Anna’s mesopotamia quiz

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A huge temple built by the ancient Sumerians was called

a)

Pyramid

b)

Ziggurat

c)

Avesta

2.

The empire divided into satraps that to pay taxes was:

a)

Persepolis

b)

Babylonia

c)

Persian

3.

Belief in many gods is

a)

Politheistic

b)

Muslim

c)

Monotheism

4.

To bring water to a dry place to grow cops is

a)

Irrigation system

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Persepolis

5.

The sacred book of Persian is named:

a)

Bible

b)

Avesta

c)

Torah

6.

The capital of the persian empire was:

a)

Canaan

b)

Babylon

c)

Persepolis

7.

The king founder the Persian empire was called?

a)

Sargon

b)

Darius I

c)

Cyrus II

8.

The civilization without an empire was known as:

a)

Egyptians

b)

Phoenicians

c)

Persians

9.

The Egyptians writing systems was

a)

Pictograph

b)

Cuneiform

c)

hiroglyphics

10.

The civilization that believe that through death they could move on to another life:

a)

Egyptians

b)

Persians

c)

Phoenicians

11.

The first ruler of Mesopotamia was:

a)

Sargon I

b)

CyrusII

c)

DariusII

12.

The belief in one god is:

a)

Polytheism

b)

Muslim

c)

Monotheism

13.

an advanced,organized society with cities,goverment,job specialization and social classes is known as:

a)

Country

b)

Culture

c)

civilization

14.

Who conquered the Persian Empire?

a)

CyruI

b)

DariusII

c)

Alexander the Great

15.

King Cyrus in honor of King Achaemenes named his empire:

a)

Phoenicia

b)

Persepolis

c)

Achaemenid

16.

A group of states or territories controlled by one ruler is:

a)

Civilization

b)

Empire

c)

city state

17.

The Egyptian ruler was called:

a)

Pharaoh

b)

President

c)

Governor

18.

The longest river in the world that madeegypt civilization possible is:

a)

Tigris River

b)

Euphrates River

c)

Nile River

19.

This civilization had a stategic position and a naval supremacy made them a great sailors and merchants, they was:

a)

Persians

b)

Phoenicians

c)

Egyptians

20.

A body preserved in a way to prevent it from decomposing was a technique known as:

a)

Zaratha

b)

Mummifying

c)

Reencarnation

21.

the form of government in which political authority is considered come from god is called:

a)

Empire

b)

Democracy

c)

theocracy

22.

A region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers that developed into the first urban society and known as Land between rivers was:

a)

Egypt

b)

Arabia

c)

Mesopotamia

23.

The Egyptians history was divided into three stages :

a)

The First Stage, Second Stage and third Stage

b)

Old Stage, Center Stage and Last Stage

c)

The Old Kingdom, The Middle and The New

24.

Who won the war between Greece and Persia?

a)

Greece

b)

Persia

c)

Both of them

25.

A prophet named___that founded a new religion based only on two deities, symbols of___and___.

a)

CyrusI, good and evil

b)

Dariusi,good and evil

c)

Zarathustra, good and evil

26.

The Persians were live in today country of:

a)

Arabia

b)

Turkey

c)

Iran

27.

The Sumerians writing system was known as:

a)

Hieroglyphs

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Clay

28.

Mesopotamia means:

a)

Land in the rivers

b)

Land near the rivers

c)

Land between rivers