WorksheetsMesopotamia Unit Exam
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 23mins
The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest known piece of literature ever written in history.
True
False
Who does Gilgamesh fight and become friends with?
Utanapishtim
Humbaba
Enkidu
Anu
After Enkidu dies, what does Gilgamesh go looking for?
immortality
morals
mortality
Humbaba
If a "mortal" is someone who can die, then an "immortal" is...
someone with unlimited coffee
someone who has the ability to live forever
someone who is not alive
The Epic of Gilgamesh is about...or the moral of the story would be...
A persons legacy can be immortal
how to fight off gods (e.g. Ishtar and Anu) when you're a king
All mortals will eventually dies.
Gilgamesh is from which kingdom
Egypt
Uruk
Athens
The story of Gilgamesh is a(an)
play
epic poem
history
Gilgamesh was written in which language
Arabic
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
ancient Akkadian
--Code of Hammurabi
Which statement is best supported by this excerpt from Hammurabi's code of laws?
Without laws, people lived in fear.
they create order
What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean?
messy region to live in
region that can be tamed
land between two rivers
land near the mountains
This structure was the most important building within a city-state.
The palace
The ziggurat
The surplus food supply room
The two-story homes of the priests
Bringing water to your crops. Including: Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches
irrigation
agriculture
ziggurat
scribes
What does polytheistic mean?
belief in one god
Belief in more than one god
The term profit means...
more than is needed
trade between two colonies
financial gain
financial loss
Who was at the bottom of the social class?
priests
landowners
fishers
slaves
The green area of the map is known as what?
Mesopotamia
The Tigris and Euphrates River Valley
The Middle East
The Fertile Crescent
What is the name of the easternmost river?
Tigris
Euphrates
What is the name of the westernmost river?
Tigris
Euphrates
What was the name of the mountain range on the eastern border of the fertile crescent?
Zorg Mountains
Akkadian Mountains
Sumerian Mountains
Zagros Mountains
The sea that makes up the western border of the fertile crescent is the
Black Sea
Red Sea
Caspian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
What is here?
Euphrates River
Tigris River
Sumer
Persian Gulf
How did metal plows help to increase Mesopotamian trade with other civilizations?
Farmers who bought plows from traders found their new tools so helpful that they later bought many other goods from traders.
Farmers could plant faster, helping them plant larger areas and grow extra grain for traders to sell.
Many farmers who had learned metalworking to make plows also made other metal goods for traders to sell.
“If a man has struck another man who is great above him, he shall be struck in the assembly with sixty strokes of a cow-hide whip.
If a man of gentle birth has struck another man of gentle birth who is like himself, he shall pay one mina of silver.
If a poor man has struck another poor man, he shall pay ten shekels of silver.
If a gentleman’s servant has struck a free-man, one shall cut off his ear.” --from the Code of Hammurabi
How is the class structure of Mesopotamian society reflected in these laws?
The laws state that slavery is legal so slaveholders cannot be punished.
Fines are used as a form of punishment against the merchant class.
The punishment for crimes is dependent on a person’s social status.
Which statement describes the main difference between Hammurabi’s Code and previous legal systems?
Hammurabi’s Code increased the power of judges and rulers to decide punishments.
Hammurabi’s Code established a set of standard punishments for crimes.
Hammurabi’s Code treated people of all social classes as equals.
Which of the following facts serves as evidence that the Mesopotamians were polytheists?
The city of Ur had temples dedicated to worshipping the goddess Ishtar and the god Enki.
The Sumerian story of the Great Flood is similar to the Bible story about Noah’s Ark.
Goods made in India and Egypt were brought to Mesopotamia by traders.
The earliest written communication was through _______________, or symbols that represent entire words.
phonographs
The division of society grouped by income and way of life.
social classes
immortality
polytheism
art and architecture.
What physical feature is represented by the letter E
Meditteranean Sea
Caspian Sea
Black Sea
Red Sea
The Gates of Babylon are an example of what element?
government
art and architecture
public work
complex religion
What body of water is represented by letter C?
Caspian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
Persian Gulf
Why were the Phoenicians known as the "Purple People?"
Because they made purple dye, which was highly valued by royalty.
Their diet turned their skin purple.
Their capitol city of Tyre was painted purple.
The Phoenicians were mainly a ___ _______ people.
Desert
Mountain
Paleolithic
Sea Faring
According to this map, what can you infer?
Mesopotamia was located to the east of Phoenicia.
Phoenicians created a network of trade routed around the Mediterranean Sea.
The United States is west of the Mediterranean Sea.
Phoenicians created the first alphabet, so it could be used to keep records of trades.
All of the above.
