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Mesopotamia Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The ancient Mesopotamian system of writing was called
a)
Cutieform
b)
Cuneiform
c)
Heiroglyphics
d)
Sanskrit
2.
A self-governing city that also governs nearby villages
a)
Empire
b)
City-state
c)
Polytheism
d)
Ziggurat
3.
Mesopotamia is the land between which two rivers?
a)
Euphrates and Tigris
b)
Red and Black
c)
Tiger and Euphrates
d)
Mississippi and Missouri
4.
Which invention allowed the Ancient Mesopotamians to travel farther and faster?
a)
Wheel
b)
Cuneiform
c)
Battering Ram
d)
Pottery Wheel
5.
What did the Ancient Mesopotamians write on?
a)
Paper, duh
b)
Clay tablets
c)
Ceramic tiles
d)
Each other
6.

The belief in many gods and goddesses is called

a)

Monotheism

b)

Polytheism

c)

Religion

d)

Cuneiform

7.

Land that stretched from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea with rich soil

a)

Fertile Crescent

b)

Mesopotamia

c)

Taurus Mountains

d)

Lower Zagros Mountains

8.

What does the word "fertile" mean

a)

Land that has been flooded

b)

When ice melts on the tops of mountains

c)

Land that is good for farming

d)

Drying clay tablets so that they are harden and preserved

9.

The name of the first ever set of written laws in Mesopotamia

a)

Stylus

b)

Tigris and Euphrates

c)

Values

d)

Hammarabi's Code

10.

A king, hero, and adventurer we read about in a story from ancient Mesopotamia

a)

Gilgamesh

b)

Hammurabi

c)

Sumer

d)

Akkad

11.

Mesopotamia is a Greek word that means...

a)

Land between two mountain

b)

land of fertility

c)

Fertile hippopotamus

d)

Land between two rivers

12.

Which of the following choices were people belonging to the highest class in Mesopotamia?

a)

skilled workers, merchants, and farmers

b)

priests, kings, and wealthy property owners

c)

slaves

d)

farmers only

13.

A pyramid shaped tower used for worship of gods and goddesses...

a)

silt

b)

ziggurat

c)

social hierarchy

d)

cuneiform

14.

The first group of people to live in Mesopotamia were called...

a)

Babylonians

b)

Sumerians

c)

Kassites

d)

Hittites

15.

The word monotheistic means...

a)

belief in one god

b)

belief in more than one god

c)

belief in two gods

d)

not believing in a god