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Ancient Mesopotamia

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does Mesopotamia mean?

a)

land between rivers

b)

land between mountains

c)

land between seas

d)

land between valleys

2.

What do you call the crescent-shaped area in the Middle East where the first civilizations developed?

a)

Fantastic Crescent

b)

Free Crescent

c)

Fertile Crescent

d)

Futile Crescent

3.

What were the people like before they settled in Mesopotamia?

a)

They were educated.

b)

They were farmers.

c)

They were nomads.

d)

They were homebodies.

4.

What was the first known civilization in Mesopotamia?

a)

Assyrian

b)

Sumerian

c)

Babylonian

d)

Akkadian

5.

What made the Sumerians decide to settle in one place?

a)

access to money

b)

access to transportation

c)

access to food

d)

access to clothing

6.

What caused the Fertile Crescent to be no longer fertile?

a)

large irrigation projects

b)

big housing projects

c)

intense heat

d)

flood

7.

What jobs did the early people have before they became farmers?

a)

traders and hunters

b)

hunters and farmers

c)

hunters and gatherers

d)

traders and farmers

8.

Why is access to water important for people in the ancient times?

a)

Water is needed for building houses.

b)

Water is needed for growing food.

c)

Water is needed as medicine.

d)

Water is needed to bathe the animals.

9.

What rivers surround Ancient Mesopotamia?

a)

Tigris and Nile

b)

Nile and Seine River

c)

Tigris and Euphrates

d)

Euphrates and Pacific

10.

Ancient Mesopotamia is now known as modern-day _______.

a)

Kuwait

b)

Dubai

c)

Iraq

d)

Israel