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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
A large territory ruled by a single leader or government.
City-State
Empire
Civilization
Region
A manmade way of supplying land with water.
Aquaduct
Irrigation
Levee
Waterway
In ancient times, the geographic area (land) located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
Mesopotamia
Babylon
Egypt
Phoenicia
The success of ancient Mesopotamia shows the importance of which of these for the development of civilization?
Military Power
Food Production
Mineral resources
architectural knowledge
The Mesopotamian traders were able to ship goods to other civilizations by sending them
in small satchels by passing nomads
along unused irrigation channels
on river boats to the Persian Gulf
by donkey caravans through the Zagros Mountains
Sumerian farmers, fishers, merchants, and artisans made up this group
business class
lower class
middle class
upper class
Who was Hammurabi?
a Syrian prince
a Mesopotamian priest
a Babylonian King
an Amorite merchant
This was a writing system that was developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia around 3,500 B.C.
ziggurat
agriculture
uniform
cuneiform
In order to unite his empire, Hammurabi created a Code of
Armies
Secrets
Laws
Rules
The Akkadian Empire that Sargon created in Mesopotamia was the world's
first and smallest empire
last and largest empire
last and smallest empire
first and largest empire
What is irrigation?
people that move from one place to another
when somebody is easily upset
the supply of water to land or crops from human-made canals
a ritual practiced in Mesopotamia
Which is the definition of a legacy?
things left to us from the past
a form of currency
an all-powerful ruler
a temple in Mesopotamia
City-states were developed in Sumer when farming villages...
started growing crops together
turned against each other
worked together on major irrigation projects
turned into large cities
Whish is the definition of polytheism?
the belief in many gods
the belief in ghosts
the belief in no gods
the belief in one god
Which statement best describes the geographical location of Mesopotamia?
in a valley in Southwest Asia
to the east of the Mediterranean Sea
between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
along the Persian Gulf
