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Ch. 4 - 6

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The land of Mesopotamia is located at which current country?

(a)  

2.

What is "the land between two rivers?"

a)
Mesopotamia
b)

Iraq

c)

Sumer

d)

Syria

3.

Between which two rivers did Mesopotamians settle?

a)

Nile

b)

Tigris

c)

Euphrates

d)

Mississippi

4.

What is the southern area of Mesopotamia called where first civilizations developed?

a)

Syria

b)

Iraq

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

Sumer

5.

Place in order the PROBLEMS the Mesopotamians experienced (first to last)

a)

food shortages in the Zagros Mountains

b)

uncontrolled water supply in the river valley

c)

building and maintaining a complex irrigation system

d)

attacks by neighboring communities

1)
2)
3)
4)
6.

Place in order the SOLUTIONS the Mesopotamians experienced (first to last)

a)

moving to the river plains

b)

creating an irrigation system

c)

cooperating with neighboring villages to clean out silt

d)

building walls and a moat

1)
2)
3)
4)
7.

Match the Mesopotamian problem with their solution.

a)

food shortages in the Zagros Mountains

1.

moving to the river plains

b)

uncontrolled water supply in the river valley

2.

creating an irrigation system

c)

building and maintaining a complex irrigation system

3.

working with neighboring villages to cle

d)

attacks by neighboring communities

4.

building walls and a moat

8.

What is a canal (irrigation system)?

a)

ditches dug to control and channel the water

b)

built along the river to force water to a location

c)

earth walls to prevent flooding

d)

pools to store water for later use

9.

What is a dam (irrigation system)?

a)

ditches dug to control and channel the water

b)

built along the river to force water to a location

c)

earth walls to prevent flooding

d)

pools to store water for later use

10.

What is a levee (irrigation system)?

a)

ditches dug to control and channel the water

b)

built along the river to force water to a location

c)

earth walls to prevent flooding

d)

pools to store water for later use

11.

What is a reservoir (irrigation system)?

a)

ditches dug to control and channel the water

b)

built along the river to force water to a location

c)

earth walls to prevent flooding

d)

pools to store water for later use

12.

What does "society" mean?

a)

a community of people sharing customs, laws, and organization

b)

interacting and engaging with one another cooparitively

c)

traditions, beliefs, personal expression, and lifestyle

d)

sense of "right vs wrong"

13.

What does "social" mean?

a)

a community of people sharing customs, laws, and organization

b)

interacting and engaging with one another cooparitively

c)

traditions, beliefs, personal expression, and lifestyle

d)

sense of "right vs wrong"

14.

What does "cultural" mean?

a)

a community of people sharing customs, laws, and organization

b)

interacting and engaging with one another cooparitively

c)

traditions, beliefs, personal expression, and lifestyle

d)

sense of "right vs wrong"

15.

What does "moral" mean?

a)

a community of people sharing customs, laws, and organization

b)

interacting and engaging with one another cooparitively

c)

traditions, beliefs, personal expression, and lifestyle

d)

sense of "right vs wrong"

16.

"Civilized" means to bring a (a)   to a more advanced stage of social, cultural, and moral development.

17.

"Civilized" means to bring a society to a more (a)   stage of social, cultural, and moral development.

18.

"Civilized" means to bring a society to a more advanced stage of (a)   , cultural, and moral development.

19.

"Civilized" means to bring a society to a more advanced stage of social, (a)   , and moral development.

20.

"Civilized" means to bring a society to a more advanced stage of social, cultural, and (a)   development.

21.

"Civilized" also means (a)   and well-mannered.

22.

Organize the Sumerian evidence into the correct civilization aspect:

Categorize the following

plow

irrigation system

well-organized work force

kings

laws and taxes

military

ziggurats

worshipping gods

human sacrifice

jobs, jobs, jobs

Stable Food Supply
Social Structure
Government
Religion
23.

Organize the Sumerian evidence into the correct civilization aspect:

Categorize the following

lyre

architecture

plow

cuneiform

pictographs

wheel

paintings

chariot

The Arts
Technology
Writing
24.

Sumerian evidence for STABLE FOOD SUPPLY = (a)  

Choose from the below words
irrigation system
cuneiform
laws and taxes
military
worshipped gods
ziggurats
human sacrifice
lyre
architecture
arch
25.

Sumerian evidence for GOVERNMENT = (a)  

Choose from the below words
military
cuneiform
irrigation system
worshipped gods
ziggurats
human sacrifice
lyre
architecture
arch
pictographs
26.

Sumerian evidence for RELIGION = ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
military
cuneiform
irrigation system
human military
lyre
architecture
arch
pictographs
ziggurats
kings
27.

Sumerian evidence for THE ARTS = ​ ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
military
cuneiform
irrigation system
human military
architecture
arch
pictographs
human sacrifice
plow
ziggurats
28.

Sumerian evidence for TECHNOLOGY = ​ ​ ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
military
cuneiform
irrigation system
human military
pictographs
human sacrifice
ziggurats
arch
kings
laws and taxes
29.

Sumerian evidence for WRITING = ​ (a)   ​

Choose from the below words
military
irrigation system
human military
pictographs
human sacrifice
ziggurats
kings
laws and taxes
arch
cuneiform
30.

An empire is a (a)   area of land where ​ (b)   groups of people are ruled by a ​ (c)   powerful leader or government.

Choose from the below words
large
several
single
31.

Place the Mesopotamian Empires in chronological order (oldest to recent).

a)

Akkadian

b)

Babylonian

c)

Assyrian

d)

Neo-Babylonian

1)
2)
3)
4)
32.

world's first empire:

a)

Akkadian

b)

Babylonion

c)

Assyrian

d)

Neo-Babylonian

33.

steles:

a)

Akkadian

b)

Babylonion

c)

Assyrian

d)

Neo-Babylonian

34.

Sargon's military power:

a)

Akkadian

b)

Babylonion

c)

Assyrian

d)

Neo-Babylonian

35.

Epic of Gilgamesh:

a)

Akkadian

b)

Babylonion

c)

Assyrian

d)

Neo-Babylonian

36.

Hammurabi's code of laws:

a)

Akkadian

b)

Babylonion

c)

Assyrian

d)

Neo-Babylonian

37.

military warfare / weapon advancement:

a)

Akkadian

b)

Babylonion

c)

Assyrian

d)

Neo-Babylonian

38.

aqueducts:

a)

Akkadian

b)

Babylonion

c)

Assyrian

d)

Neo-Babylonian

39.

Hanging Gardens:

a)

Akkadian

b)

Babylonion

c)

Assyrian

d)

Neo-Babylonian

40.

time organization:

a)

Akkadian

b)

Babylonion

c)

Assyrian

d)

Neo-Babylonian

41.

astronomy:

a)

Akkadian

b)

Babylonion

c)

Assyrian

d)

Neo-Babylonian

42.

Organize these acheivements into the correct Empire.

Categorize the following

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

Akkadian
Babylonian
Assyrians
Neo-Babylonian
43.

The world's first writing system is called (a)   .

44.

(a)   wrote the world's first code of laws.

45.

Reorder these inventions in chronological order.

a)

domestication

b)

wheel

c)

metal tools

d)

cuneiform

1)
2)
3)
4)
46.

Which came first:

Paleolithic or Neoloithic

a)

Paleolithic

b)

Neolithic

47.

Which came first:

domestication or metal tools

a)

domestication

b)

metal tools

48.

Which came first:

humans moved to Sumer or city-states formed

a)

humans moved to Sumer

b)

city-states formed

49.

Which came first:

Hammurabi's code of laws or cuneiform

a)

Hammurabi's code of laws

b)

cuneiform

50.

Which came first:

Assyrian or Akkadian

a)

Akkadian

b)

Assyrian

51.

Which came first:

Assyrian or Babylonian

a)

Babylonian

b)

Assyrian

52.

Which came first:

Assyrian or Neo-Babylonian

a)

Neo-Babylonian

b)

Assyrian

53.

Which came first:

Akkadian or Babylonian

a)

Babylonian

b)

Akkadian