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Mesopotamia Makeup

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What geographic feature were all cities in Mesopotamia near?

a)

Deserts

b)

Mountains

c)

Rivers

d)

Oceans

2.

In Mesopotamia, what were the religious temples called?

a)

Pyramids

b)

Ziggurats

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Temples

3.

What is an example of technology from Mesopotamia

a)

Cars

b)

Paper

c)

Cell Phones

d)

The Wheel

4.

Cuneiform is the name of Mesopotamia's....

a)

Writing System

b)

Art and Entertainment

c)

Technology

d)

Government

5.

Scribes in Mesopotamia wrote on...

a)

Paper

b)

Cave walls

c)

Clay

d)

Stone

6.

Mesopotamia means,

a)

Big country

b)

Mashed Potatoes

c)

Land between two rivers

d)

Land outside the desert

7.

The most famous story from Mesopotamia is called...

a)

The Bible

b)

War and Peace

c)

A Tale of Two Cities

d)

The Epic of Gilgamesh

8.

belief in many gods

a)

monotheism

b)

civilization

c)

naturism

d)

polytheism

9.

Babylonian King who wrote 282 laws

a)

Sargon

b)

Hammurabi

c)

Ziggurat

d)

Cuneiform

e)

Nebuchadnezzar

10.

What is here?

a)

Euphrates River

b)

Tigris River

c)

Arabian Desert

d)

Syrian Desert

11.

What is here?

a)

Euphrates River

b)

Tigris River

c)

Sumer

d)

Persian Gulf

12.

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

13.

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

14.

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

15.

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

a)

Armies

b)

Secrets

c)

Laws

d)

Rules