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Mesopotamia

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A Mesopotamian temple

a)

pyramid

b)

Caravan

c)

Ziggurat

d)

cathedral

2.

He is given credit for the first set of laws.

a)

Sargon

b)

Hammurabi

c)

Nebuchadnezzar

d)

priest

3.

Which river is NOT located in the fertile crescent?

a)

Yellow

b)

Tigrus

c)

Euphrates

d)

Nile

4.

What is labeled #4 on the map?

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Black Sea

c)

Caspian Sea

d)

Persian Gulf

5.

What invention helped boost the food supply?

a)

Irrigation

b)

Wooden plow

c)

Metallurgy

d)

Cuneiform

6.

Wedge-shaped writing on clay tablets. First writing system used by ancient people.

a)

Surplus

b)

Ziggurat

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Irrigation

7.

How did dams, canals, and trenches impact civilization?

a)

Provided steady water supply

b)

Provided protection

c)

Provided wealth

d)

Provided source of power for leaders

8.

Babylon is the site of the first civilization.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Which of these is

considered one of the world's first empires?

a)

Assyrian

b)

Babylonian

c)

Sumerian

d)

Akkadian

10.

Sargon is given credit for creating the world's first empire.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What number represents the Mediterranean Sea?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

12.

Who developed one of the first sets of laws?

a)

Sargon

b)

Nebuchadnezzar

c)

Hammurabi