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Ancient Mesopotamia

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why was agriculture in Sumer able to flourish?

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2.

What effects did an agricultural surplus have on Sumer?

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3.

What kind of weapons did the Assyrians use when attacking cities?

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4.

Which group of people traveled to different harbors in the Mediterranean Sea for trade.

a)

Phoenicians

b)

Assyrians

c)

Chaldeans

d)

Mesopotamians

5.

The Assyrians had a large professional

a)

ruler

b)

army

c)

empire

d)

God

6.

What is a satrap?

a)

The emperor of an empire

b)

The scribe who writes laws

c)

The priest of a civilization

d)

The governor of a district

7.

What is irrigation?

a)

people that move from one place to another

b)

when somebody is easily upset

c)

the supply of water to land or crops from human-made canals

d)

a ritual practiced in Mesopotamia

8.

Which is the definition of a legacy?

a)

things left to us from the past

b)

a form of currency

c)

an all-powerful ruler

d)

a temple in Mesopotamia

9.

In what ways were Cyrus and Darius wise rulers?

a)

Cyrus and Darius were harsh rules and killed their subjects.

b)

Cyrus and Darius practiced tolerance toward their conquered subjects.

c)

Cyrus and Darius did not allow conquered kings to keep their thrones.

d)

Cyrus and Darius charged large tributes.

10.

What was the social structure like in Mesopotamia?

a)

Merchants and traders were at the top

b)

Slaves were the most important people

c)

The king and priests were the most important

d)

There was no social structure

11.

What was the major invention of the ancient Mesopotamians that helped with transportation and trade?

a)

The wheel

b)

The number system

c)

Writing

d)

Astronomy

12.

What did the Sumerians call their large cities?

a)

City States

b)

Villages

c)

Towns

d)

Empires

13.

What is irrigation?

a)

A way to water farmland without rain

b)

A type of farming tool

c)

A method of transportation

d)

A type of government

14.

What does the word 'Mesopotamia' mean?

a)

The land between rivers

b)

The land of the gods

c)

The land of the desert

d)

The land of the mountains

15.

Where was ancient Mesopotamia mostly located?

a)

Iraq

b)

Egypt

c)

Greece

d)

China

16.

What is a civilization?

a)

A group of people who live, work, and play together

b)

A type of government

c)

A type of technology

d)

A type of entertainment

17.

Sumerian farmers, fishers, merchants, and artisans made up this group

a)

business class

b)

lower class

c)

middle class

d)

upper class

18.

Why did Nebuchadnezzar collect such high taxes?

a)

to improve farming on the country side

b)

to educate and hire more scribes

c)

to support his large-scale building projects

d)

to pay off debts owed to other civilizations

19.

The Assyrians were overthrown by which people?

a)

Syrians

b)

Sumerians

c)

Greeks

d)

Chaldeans

20.

How did the Assyrians maintain control over their large empire? Select ALL that apply

a)

by building roads that connected the provinces

b)

by reducing taxes for poor citizens

c)

by appointing governors to run provinces

d)

by being just and fair

21.

Hammurabi is best known for

a)

his personality

b)

his code of laws

c)

his clean city

d)

his government

22.

Who was Hammurabi?

a)

a Syrian prince

b)

a Mesopotamian priest

c)

a Babylonian King

d)

an Amorite merchant

23.

Of the following, which group of people belonged to the upper class of Sumerian Society?

a)

merchants

b)

artisans

c)

priests

d)

farmers

24.

Early Mesopotamians believed in

a)

a single god

b)

ancestor-worship

c)

animal-worship

d)

many gods

25.

Annual flooding actually helped farmers by...

a)

leaving behind flecks of gold used for making money

b)

leaving silt behind that helped crops grow

c)

making it easier to travel upstream

d)

making it easier to transport goods by boat

26.

Which two rivers are found in Mesopotamia?

a)

Nile and the Euphrates

b)

Nile and the Yangtze

c)

Tigris and the Yangtze

d)

Tigris and the Euphrates

27.

Who was Sargon?

a)

The First Metal Worker

b)

The First Artist

c)

The First Emporor

d)

The First Basketball Player

28.

When the Akkadians under Sargon conquered the city-states of Sumer, they created the first.......

a)

Castle

b)

Zigurat

c)

Tree

d)

Civilization

29.

What Is This?

a)

A Temple

b)

A Tower

c)

A Religious Castle

d)

A Zigurat

30.

What is this?

a)

Sumerian Art

b)

Pottery

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Latin Writing

31.

Barter means...

a)

hunting

b)

currency

c)

agriculture

d)

trade

32.

Choose the correct vocabulary word for the definition: an extreme shortage of food

a)

famine

b)

ruefully

c)

enthralled

d)

disobedient

33.
A means of supplying land with water is a(n)
a)
cylinder seal
b)
chariot
c)
irrigation system
d)
cuneiform