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Ancient Middle East

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What geographic term means "between the rivers"?

a)

Tigris

b)

Euphrates

c)

Ur

d)

Mesopotamia

2.

Where does the Bible say that Noah's Ark landed?

a)

Mt. Fuji

b)

Mt. Ararat

c)

Mt. Everest

d)

Mt. Sinai

3.

What was the wedge-shaped writing of Sumer called?

a)

archaeology

b)

pictographs

c)

cuneiform

d)

irrigation

4.

What was the main occupation in Sumer?

a)

scribe

b)

priest

c)

farmer

d)

merchant

5.

What is the smallest ocean?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

6.

What is the warmest ocean?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

7.

What is the largest ocean?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

8.

What is the ocean between the Americas and Europe or Africa?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Indian

d)

Arctic

9.

The study of ancient people by means of recovering, preserving, and evaluating remains for the past is _​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
archaeology
architecture
geologist
historian
10.

A belief based on fear and ignorance rather than the truth is _​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
superstition
evolution
humanism
archaeology
11.

The tall, layered temples built by the Sumerians for worship were called _​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
superstition
arch
dome
archaeology
ziggurats
12.

The most common type of seal in Sumer was the ​ (a)   seal.

Choose from the below words
cylinder
ring
stamp
dome
13.

Abraham came from the city of ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
Babylon
Eden
Jerusalem
dome
Ur
14.

God promised Abraham the land of ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
Babylon
Eden
Jerusalem
Ur
Canaan
15.

Click in the circle on the Mediterranean Sea.

16.

Click in the circle on the Mesopotamia.

17.

Click in the circle on the Red Sea.

18.

Click in the circle on the Persian Gulf.

19.

Click in the circle on the Caspian Sea.

20.

Click in the circle on the Tigris River.

21.

Click in the circle on the Euphrates River.

22.

Click the circle on the Pacific Ocean.

23.

Click the circle on the Indian Ocean.

24.

Click the circle on the Arctic Ocean.

25.

Click the circle on the Atlantic Ocean.

26.

Click the circle on Europe.

27.

Click the circle on South America.

28.

Click the circle on Africa.

29.

Click the circle on Asia.

30.

Click the circle on Australia.

31.

Click the circle on Antarctica.

32.

Click the circle on North America.

33.

Name the southern part of Sumer.

a)

Chaldea

b)

Canaan

c)

Phoenicia

d)

Tigress

34.

Name the most important Sumerian city.

a)

Babylon

b)

Ur

c)

Jerusalem

d)

Eden

35.

Which continent listed below is NOT part of the "Old World"?

a)

North America

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

Africa

36.

Which of the rivers listed below were part of the Fertile Crescent?

a)

Tigris

b)

Jordan

c)

Nile

d)

Euphrates

37.

Which of the inventions listed below were inventions of the Sumerians?

a)

wheel

b)

ax

c)

coins

d)

writing

38.

The circumference of the earth is ​ (a)   miles.

Choose from the below words
8000
25000
18000
250
39.

The diameter of the earth is ​ (a)   miles.

Choose from the below words
8000
25000
18000
250
40.

Six sevenths of the world's people live in the ____________ Hemisphere.

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

c)

Western

d)

Eastern

41.

Which hemisphere is the area between the equator and the North Pole?

a)

Northern

b)

Southern

c)

Western

d)

Eastern

42.

What is the imaginary line that runs halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole called?

(a)  

43.

Which hemisphere has the most land?

a)

Western

b)

Eastern

44.

A globe is a map of the world in the shape of a (a)   .

45.

Sumerian moon god​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
Nanna
Lady Shubad
Abraham
Sir Leonard Woolley
Ur-Nammu
46.

the tomb revealed much about the Sumerians' beliefs (a)  

Choose from the below words
Nanna
Lady Shubad
Abraham
Sir Leonard Woolley
Ur-Nammu
47.

powerful ruler of Ur who built its ziggurat (a)  

Choose from the below words
Nanna
Lady Shubad
Abraham
Sir Leonard Woolley
Ur-Nammu
48.

famous citizen of Ur mentioned in the Bible (a)  

Choose from the below words
Nanna
Lady Shubad
Abraham
Sir Leonard Woolley
Ur-Nammu
49.

What would be located at the top of a ziggurat?

(a)  

50.

Which of the following did the Sumerians use in their buildings?

a)

arch

b)

cylinder

c)

dome

d)

seal

51.

What instrument did the Sumerians use to stamp their documents?

a)

altar

b)

seal

c)

dome

d)

ziggurat

52.

Supplying land with water is called ______.

a)

archaeology

b)

humanism

c)

civilization

d)

irrigation

53.

This is our only completely accurate record of ancient history.

(a)  

54.

Another name for the Eastern Hemisphere is the (a)   World.

55.

What does A.D mean with a date

a)

after death

b)

in the year if our Lord

c)

before Christ

d)

after death

56.

Our dating system is centered on the _________.

a)

beginning of human history

b)

the date of the worldwide flood

c)

the building of the Tower of Babel

d)

the birth of Christ

57.

The structure built to try to keep man from being scattered after the Flood was the ______________.

a)

Ark of Noah

b)

ziggurat of Ur

c)

Tower of Babel

d)

arch and the dome

58.

The event that marks the beginning of history is the ________.

a)

creation

b)

the fall

c)

the dispersion

d)

the flood

59.

A ruler who comes to power by force is a __________.

a)

president

b)

prime minster

c)

dictator

60.

A type of government whose ruler is often born into office and has complete power is a __________________________.

a)

president

b)

prime minister

c)

absolute monarchy

d)

constitutional monarchy

61.

The leader of a republic is a ____________.

a)

prime minister

b)

king or queen

c)

chief

d)

president

62.

The type of government found in the United States is a ​ (a)   .

Choose from the below words
republic
constitutional monarchy
absolute monarchy
dictatorship
63.

Man's attempt to put himself in the place of God​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
humanism
superstition
culture
nation
country
evolution
geography
history
64.

the way of life of a group of people (a)  

Choose from the below words
humanism
superstition
culture
nation
country
evolution
geography
history
65.

a large body of people who think of themselves as one, are united under one ruler, and are subject to the same general laws (a)  

Choose from the below words
humanism
superstition
culture
nation
country
evolution
geography
history
66.

the written record of mankind (a)  

Choose from the below words
humanism
superstition
culture
nation
country
evolution
geography
history