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grade 7

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

A large territory ruled by a single leader or government.

a)

City-State

b)

Empire

c)

Civilization

d)

Region

2.

A manmade way of supplying land with water.

a)

Aquaduct

b)

Irrigation

c)

Levee

d)

Waterway

3.

In ancient times, the geographic area (land) located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Babylon

c)

Egypt

d)

Phoenicia

4.

The success of ancient Mesopotamia shows the importance of which of these for the development of civilization?

a)

Military Power

b)

Food Production

c)

Mineral resources

d)

architectural knowledge

5.

The Mesopotamian traders were able to ship goods to other civilizations by sending them

a)

in small satchels by passing nomads

b)

along unused irrigation channels

c)

on river boats to the Persian Gulf

d)

by donkey caravans through the Zagros Mountains

6.

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

a)

business class

b)

lower class

c)

middle class

d)

upper class

7.

Who was Hammurabi?

a)

a Syrian prince

b)

a Mesopotamian priest

c)

a Babylonian King

d)

an Amorite merchant

8.

This was a writing system that was developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia around 3,500 B.C.

a)

ziggurat

b)

agriculture

c)

uniform

d)

cuneiform

9.

In order to unite his empire, Hammurabi created a Code of

a)

Armies

b)

Secrets

c)

Laws

d)

Rules

10.

The Akkadian Empire that Sargon created in Mesopotamia was the world's

a)

first and smallest empire

b)

last and largest empire

c)

last and smallest empire

d)

first and largest empire

11.

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

12.

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

13.

City-states were developed in Sumer when farming villages...

a)

started growing crops together

b)

turned against each other

c)

worked together on major irrigation projects

d)

turned into large cities

14.

Whish is the definition of polytheism?

a)

the belief in many gods

b)

the belief in ghosts

c)

the belief in no gods

d)

the belief in one god

15.

Which statement best describes the geographical location of Mesopotamia?

a)

in a valley in Southwest Asia

b)

to the east of the Mediterranean Sea

c)

between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

d)

along the Persian Gulf