WorksheetsCh. 4 - 6
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 25mins
The land of Mesopotamia is located at which current country?
(a)
What is "the land between two rivers?"
Iraq
Sumer
Syria
Between which two rivers did Mesopotamians settle?
Nile
Tigris
Euphrates
Mississippi
What is the southern area of Mesopotamia called where first civilizations developed?
Syria
Iraq
Mesopotamia
Sumer
Place in order the PROBLEMS the Mesopotamians experienced (first to last)
food shortages in the Zagros Mountains
uncontrolled water supply in the river valley
building and maintaining a complex irrigation system
attacks by neighboring communities
Place in order the SOLUTIONS the Mesopotamians experienced (first to last)
moving to the river plains
creating an irrigation system
cooperating with neighboring villages to clean out silt
building walls and a moat
Match the Mesopotamian problem with their solution.
food shortages in the Zagros Mountains
moving to the river plains
uncontrolled water supply in the river valley
creating an irrigation system
building and maintaining a complex irrigation system
working with neighboring villages to cle
attacks by neighboring communities
building walls and a moat
What is a canal (irrigation system)?
ditches dug to control and channel the water
built along the river to force water to a location
earth walls to prevent flooding
pools to store water for later use
What is a dam (irrigation system)?
ditches dug to control and channel the water
built along the river to force water to a location
earth walls to prevent flooding
pools to store water for later use
What is a levee (irrigation system)?
ditches dug to control and channel the water
built along the river to force water to a location
earth walls to prevent flooding
pools to store water for later use
What is a reservoir (irrigation system)?
ditches dug to control and channel the water
built along the river to force water to a location
earth walls to prevent flooding
pools to store water for later use
What does "society" mean?
a community of people sharing customs, laws, and organization
interacting and engaging with one another cooparitively
traditions, beliefs, personal expression, and lifestyle
sense of "right vs wrong"
What does "social" mean?
a community of people sharing customs, laws, and organization
interacting and engaging with one another cooparitively
traditions, beliefs, personal expression, and lifestyle
sense of "right vs wrong"
What does "cultural" mean?
a community of people sharing customs, laws, and organization
interacting and engaging with one another cooparitively
traditions, beliefs, personal expression, and lifestyle
sense of "right vs wrong"
What does "moral" mean?
a community of people sharing customs, laws, and organization
interacting and engaging with one another cooparitively
traditions, beliefs, personal expression, and lifestyle
sense of "right vs wrong"
"Civilized" means to bring a (a) to a more advanced stage of social, cultural, and moral development.
"Civilized" means to bring a society to a more (a) stage of social, cultural, and moral development.
"Civilized" means to bring a society to a more advanced stage of (a) , cultural, and moral development.
"Civilized" means to bring a society to a more advanced stage of social, (a) , and moral development.
"Civilized" means to bring a society to a more advanced stage of social, cultural, and (a) development.
"Civilized" also means (a) and well-mannered.
Organize the Sumerian evidence into the correct civilization aspect:
plow
irrigation system
well-organized work force
kings
laws and taxes
military
ziggurats
worshipping gods
human sacrifice
jobs, jobs, jobs
Organize the Sumerian evidence into the correct civilization aspect:
lyre
architecture
plow
cuneiform
pictographs
wheel
paintings
chariot
Sumerian evidence for STABLE FOOD SUPPLY = (a)
Sumerian evidence for GOVERNMENT = (a)
Sumerian evidence for RELIGION = (a)
Sumerian evidence for THE ARTS = (a)
Sumerian evidence for TECHNOLOGY = (a)
Sumerian evidence for WRITING = (a)
An empire is a (a) area of land where (b) groups of people are ruled by a (c) powerful leader or government.
Place the Mesopotamian Empires in chronological order (oldest to recent).
Akkadian
Babylonian
Assyrian
Neo-Babylonian
world's first empire:
Akkadian
Babylonion
Assyrian
Neo-Babylonian
steles:
Akkadian
Babylonion
Assyrian
Neo-Babylonian
Sargon's military power:
Akkadian
Babylonion
Assyrian
Neo-Babylonian
Epic of Gilgamesh:
Akkadian
Babylonion
Assyrian
Neo-Babylonian
Hammurabi's code of laws:
Akkadian
Babylonion
Assyrian
Neo-Babylonian
military warfare / weapon advancement:
Akkadian
Babylonion
Assyrian
Neo-Babylonian
aqueducts:
Akkadian
Babylonion
Assyrian
Neo-Babylonian
Hanging Gardens:
Akkadian
Babylonion
Assyrian
Neo-Babylonian
time organization:
Akkadian
Babylonion
Assyrian
Neo-Babylonian
astronomy:
Akkadian
Babylonion
Assyrian
Neo-Babylonian
Organize these acheivements into the correct Empire.
Sargon's military power
steles
world's first empire
Epic of Gilgamesh
Hammurabi's code of laws
aqueducts
military warfare / weapon advancements
Hanging Gardens
astronomy
time organization
The world's first writing system is called (a) .
(a) wrote the world's first code of laws.
Reorder these inventions in chronological order.
domestication
wheel
metal tools
cuneiform
Which came first:
Paleolithic or Neoloithic
Paleolithic
Neolithic
Which came first:
domestication or metal tools
domestication
metal tools
Which came first:
humans moved to Sumer or city-states formed
humans moved to Sumer
city-states formed
Which came first:
Hammurabi's code of laws or cuneiform
Hammurabi's code of laws
cuneiform
Which came first:
Assyrian or Akkadian
Akkadian
Assyrian
Which came first:
Assyrian or Babylonian
Babylonian
Assyrian
Which came first:
Assyrian or Neo-Babylonian
Neo-Babylonian
Assyrian
Which came first:
Akkadian or Babylonian
Babylonian
Akkadian
