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Mesopotamia - Remote Learning Thursday

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Because Sumerians became so good at farming, they were able to focus on other jobs. What was the job of a professional writer called?

a)

merchant

b)

irrigation

c)

scribe

d)

farmer

2.

Place for the gods in Mesopotamia; the temple

a)

fertile land

b)

polytheism

c)

irrigation

d)

ziggurat

3.

The people of Mesopotamia believed that the gods controlled their lives and they wanted to always keep them happy. What is the belief in many gods called?

a)

polytheism

b)

monotheism

c)

atheism

d)

agnostic

4.

Cuneiform was

a)

exchange of goods without using money

b)

1st writing with a pencil

c)

the 1st writing system with a stylus on clay tablets

d)

a way to bring water to dry land

5.

Independent state with government and traditions

a)

fertile

b)

country

c)

state

d)

city-state

6.

Mesopotamia is Greek and means

a)

land of kings

b)

the land between rivers

c)

land of terrible soil

d)

land of war

7.

The rivers in Mesopotamia would flood which brought fertile soil called silt. What were the 2 rivers of Mesopotamia?

a)

Tigris and Euphrates

b)

Yellow and Tigris

c)

Euphrates and Indus

d)

Mississippi and Missouri

8.

When the rivers flooded they brought rich, fertile soil that was great for farming. What is the fertile soil called?

a)

clay soil

b)

silt

c)

candy soil

d)

loam

9.

The taming of wild animals is called

a)

wild style

b)

domestication

c)

freeing

d)

slavery

10.

What type of Sumerian invention helped them to plant crops?

a)

spade

b)

hay

c)

tractor

d)

plow

11.

Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops is also known as

a)

architecture

b)

irrigation

c)

barter

d)

agriculture