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Mesopotamia 6th Grade

Total questions: 101

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A complex society that has cities, governments, art, religion, and writing.
a)
euphrates
b)
civilization
c)
mesopotamia
d)
empire
2.
Which of these is a major source of fresh water in Mesopotamia?
a)
Assyria
b)
Euphrates
c)
Sumer
d)
Nile
3.
What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean in the Greek language?
a)
first civilization
b)
new stone age
c)
people from the south
d)
land between the rivers
4.
What do you call the southern part of Mesopotamia?
a)
Sumer
b)
Mesopotamia
c)
Assyria
d)
Euphrates
5.
When you dig a ditch in the ground to bring water from a river to another place.
a)
cuneiform
b)
artisan
c)
scribe
d)
irrigation
6.
When each city has its own king, its own government, its own army, its own way of doing things.
a)
ziggurat
b)
city-state
c)
civilization
d)
empire
7.
What was the written language of Mesopotamia called?
a)
ziggurat
b)
scribe
c)
hieroglyphics
d)
cuneiform
8.
Religious temples that look like pyramids but the sides look like stair steps.
a)
ziggurat
b)
artisan
c)
cuneiform
d)
hieroglyphic
9.
These people were skilled workers who made clothes, pottery, and metal products.
a)
scribes
b)
akkadians
c)
sumerians
d)
artisans
10.
Which of these items is one of things that a Mesopotamian would need to write?
a)
paper
b)
stylus
c)
feather pen
d)
parchment
11.
These were people who learned how to write and got jobs keeping records.
a)
scribes
b)
akkadians
c)
sumerians
d)
artisans
12.
Which of these was NOT one of the inventions created by the Sumerians?
a)
axe
b)
plow
c)
sailboat
d)
wheel
13.
TRUE or FALSE.  Sumerians created a 12 month calendar by looking at the stars and planets.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
People from northern Mesopotamia who defeated the Sumerians... what were they called?
a)
Akkadians
b)
Assyrians
c)
Sumerians
d)
Babylonians
15.
What was the name of the first great city?
a)
Jericho
b)
Assyria
c)
Sumer
d)
Babylon
16.
Who created the first empire?
a)
Assyria
b)
Hammurabi
c)
Sargon
d)
Sumer
17.
Who was the king of Babylon?
a)
Assyria
b)
Hammurabi
c)
Sargon
d)
Sumer
18.
What do you call a group of many different lands that all have the same leader?
a)
civilization
b)
city-state
c)
Assyria
d)
empire
19.
What do you call the land north of Mesopotamia?
a)
Sumer
b)
Mesopotamia
c)
Assyria
d)
Akkadia
20.
True or False.  The Hanging Gardens was a great ziggurat where beautiful plants, flowers, and gardens grew from it.
a)
True
b)
False
21.

What geographic feature were all cities in Mesopotamia near?

a)

Deserts

b)

Mountains

c)

Rivers

d)

Oceans

22.

Division of Labor

a)

A math term

b)

Everyone does the same job

c)

Different people do different jobs

d)

Social Classes

23.

Who was the leader of government in Mesopotamia?

a)

A king

b)

A priest

c)

A god

d)

A musician

24.

In Mesopotamia, what were the religious temples called?

a)

Pyramids

b)

Ziggurats

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Temples

25.

What is an example of technology from Mesopotamia

a)

Cars

b)

Paper

c)

Cell Phones

d)

The Wheel

26.

What is this piece of art called?

a)

The Standard of Ur

b)

Mona Lisa

c)

Starry Night

d)

Book of the Dead

27.

Where were ziggurats located in cities

a)

Outside the city

b)

In the middle of the city

c)

Off to the side

d)

Wherever

28.

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

a)

Writing System

b)

Art and Entertainment

c)

Technology

d)

Government

29.

What was built around a city to protect it from attack in Mesopotamia?

a)

Walls

b)

Gates

c)

Farms

d)

Mountains

30.

Scribes in Mesopotamia wrote on...

a)

Paper

b)

Cave walls

c)

Clay

d)

Stone

31.

Mesopotamia means,

a)

Big country

b)

Mashed Potatoes

c)

Land between two rivers

d)

Land outside the desert

32.

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

33.

In Greek, Mesopotamia means?

a)

The land between 2 rivers

b)

The rivers between 2 lands

c)

The river that flows up and down

d)

Means wedges

34.

What continent is Mesopotamia located on?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

Iraq

35.

When it flooded, what was left behind?

a)

surplus

b)

irrigation

c)

silt

d)

mud

36.

A system that was created to water crops and dry land

a)

silt

b)

irrigation

c)

plow

d)

surplus

37.

When you have extra food

a)

sumer

b)

extra food

c)

surplus

d)

irrigation

38.

What protected the city-states from attacks?

a)

Giant walls

b)

Armies

c)

Rivers

d)

Sargon the Great

39.

A belief in many gods

a)

Monotheism

b)

Polytheism

c)

Ziggurats

d)

Rituals

40.

What is this an example of?

a)

Church

b)

Pyramid

c)

Ziggurat

d)

Temple

41.

What was the earliest form of writing called?

a)

English

b)

Pictographs

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Scribe

42.

What sea was just to the south of Mesopotamia?

a)

Red Sea

b)

Persian Gulf

c)

Tigris River

d)

Mediterranean Sea

43.

Why was Mesopotamia an attractive place to settle in?

4 lines
44.

Give me the GEOGRAPHY of Mesopotamia.

4 lines
45.

Babylonian King who wrote 282 laws

a)

Sargon

b)

Hammurabi

c)

Ziggurat

d)

Cuneiform

e)

Nebuchadnezzar

46.

King of Akkad who formed the first empire

a)

Sargon

b)

Hammurabi

c)

Ziggurat

d)

Cuneiform

e)

Nebuchadnezzar

47.

The writing that the Mesopotamians developed

a)

City-State

b)

Scribbles

c)

Ziggurat

d)

Hieroglyphics

e)

Cuneiform

48.

A temple

a)

Ziggurat

b)

Sumer

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Akkad

49.

Several regions controlled by one person

a)

Tokens

b)

Empire

c)

City-State

d)

Papyrus

50.

a country made up of a city and the surrounding land

a)

Tokens

b)

Empire

c)

City-State

d)

Papyrus

51.

tame

a)

Not this answer :)

b)

artisan

c)

specialization

d)

domesticate

52.

development of different kinds of jobs

a)

polytheistic

b)

artisan

c)

specialization

d)

governmet

53.

civilization

a)

complex societies

b)

government

c)

skilled workers

d)

being nice to each other

54.

Upper class

a)

murchants

b)

priests

c)

enslaved people

55.

middle class

a)

government officials

b)

enslaved people

c)

farmers

56.

lower class

a)

enslaved people

b)

fishers

c)

kings

57.

A later king of Babylon

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Nebuchadnezzer

c)

Sargon

d)

Asherbanipal

58.

record keeper

a)

cuneiform

b)

scribe

c)

clay

59.

belief in many gods

a)

monotheism

b)

civilization

c)

naturism

d)

polytheism

60.

skilled workers

a)

specialization

b)

enslaved people

c)

artisan

61.
 ¿Por qué se les llamaba ciudades-estado a las comunidades sumerias?
a)
Cada una llevaba registros escritos.
b)
Todas formaban parte de un gran imperio.
c)
Todos dependían de otros para el agua.
d)
Cada uno tenía su propio líder y tierras agrícolas.
62.
 ¿Por qué se les llamaba ciudades-estado a las comunidades sumerias?
a)
Cada una llevaba registros escritos.
b)
Todas formaban parte de un gran imperio.
c)
Todos dependían de otros para el agua.
d)
Cada uno tenía su propio líder y tierras agrícolas.
63.
El nombre de Mesopotamia viene de su ubicación porque estaba
a)
entre dos ríos.
b)
en las estribaciones de las montañas.
c)
cerca de una región con muchos conflictos.
d)
donde crecieron las primeras ciudades.
64.
¿Qué produjo la escasez de alimentos en las colinas de Zagros?
a)
el uso excesivo del suelo
b)
los cambios climáticos
c)
el aumento de la población
d)
las guerras entre aldeas 
65.
¿Qué solución encontraron los habitantes de las colinas de Zagros para el problema de la escasez de alimentos?
a)
Construyeron terrazas
b)
Se trasladaron a la llanura.
c)
Construyeron diques.
d)
Juntaron las aldeas.
66.
Un factor que complicó la agricultura en Sumer fue
a)
el suelo rocoso.
b)
las laderas escarpadas.
c)
que no tenían un suministro controlado de agua.
d)
la maleza.
67.
¿Por qué se desbordaban los ríos en la primavera?
a)
Porque los diques no hacían su función.
b)
. Soplaban vientos fuertes del Golfo Pérsico
c)
El hielo de los ríos se deshacía en pedazos.
d)
Se derretía la nieve en los nacimientos de los ríos en las montañas.
68.
 ¿Por qué se les llamaba ciudades-estado a las comunidades sumerias?
a)
Cada una llevaba registros escritos.
b)
Todas formaban parte de un gran imperio.
c)
Todos dependían de otros para el agua.
d)
Cada uno tenía su propio líder y tierras agrícolas.
69.
¿Qué propósito principal cumplían los diques y estanques?
a)
permitir los viajes en bote
b)
facilitar la pesca
c)
asegurar un suministro estable de agua
d)
. proteger a las aldeas de ataques 
70.
Si vivieras en la antigua Sumer verías un dique junto a un río. ¿Para qué construyeron el dique?
a)
para cargar barcazas 
b)
para irrigar los cultivos
c)
para evitar inundaciones
d)
para controlar a los trabajadores
71.
¿Por qué era el cieno un problema para los sumerios?
a)
Secaba los ríos
b)
Derrumbía los muros de las ciudades.
c)
Dañaba las tierras de cultivo
d)
Tapaba los canales de riego.
72.
¿Por qué dependían unas de otras las aldeas sumerias?
a)
Formaban caravanas para viajar seguros a las montañas.
b)
Cooperaban para mantener los sistemas de agua funcionando
c)
Intercambiaban recursos naturales diversos.
d)
Tenían que defenderse de los ataques de los imperios del este.
73.
Aprovechando recursos naturales, los sumerios construyeron murallas fuertes de
a)
ladrillos de barro. 
b)
troncos en punta.
c)
juncos que cortaban a la orilla de los ríos.
d)
rocas en forma de cuadrado.
74.
Los sumerios construían fosos para
a)
que los cultivos crecieran mejor.
b)
proteger a las ciudades de ataques. 
c)
que los aldeanos trabajaran juntos.
d)
suministrar agua potable a las aldeas
75.
¿Cuáles fueron los dos ríos que rodeaban a Mesopotamia?
a)
Tigris y León
b)
Tigris y Éufrates
c)
León y Éufrates
d)
Mississippi y el Nilo
76.
¿Qué es cieno?
a)
Un lodo muy fino
b)
100
c)
Una montaña
d)
Un río para protección de la ciudad.
77.
¿Cuál de las siguientes estructuras NO es para controlar el suministro de agua?
a)
Un dique
b)
Una presa
c)
Un canal
d)
Un bote
78.
¿Por qué era mejor colaborar en los sistemas de irrigación que trabajar por separado?
a)
Porque era demasiado trabajo para una aldea.
b)
No era mejor colaborar. Nunca es mejor colaborar.
c)
Porque algunos podían pescar mientras los otros escavaban.
d)
Porque el trabajo sería más difícil juntos.
79.
¿Cuál era el motivo de muchas disputas entre los sumerios?
a)
El control del agua.
b)
El control del control remoto.
c)
El control de la comida.
d)
El control de los animales.
80.
¿Cuál fue la invención grande que separa el paleolítico del neolítico?
a)
La rueda
b)
La agricultura
c)
La música
d)
Las casas
81.
¿Los sumerios serían neolíticos y paleolíticos?
a)
Paleolíticos porque eran nómadas.
b)
Paleolíticos porque vivían en comunidades pequeñas.
c)
Neolíticos porque practicaban la agricultura.
d)
Neolíticos porque vivían en cuevas.
82.

Which of the following is NOT a basic characteristic of a civilization?

a)

cities

b)

unorganized leadership

c)

art

d)

religion

e)

writing system

83.

Which of the following is not something that rivers provided to the first civilizations

a)

fish

b)

fresh drinking water

c)

transportation

d)

electricity

84.

Mesopotamia was located on a flat plain between what two rivers?

a)

Yangtze and Indus

b)

Tigris and Nile

c)

Tigris and Euphrates

d)

Ganges and Euphrates

85.

What did farmers in Mesopotamia do to control water problems and ensure that they could grow food?

a)

Built dams to control flooding

b)

set up irrigation

c)

built canals, waterways and ditches

d)

sent their goods on the river to other city-states

86.

Mesopotamia was located on a flat plain between what two rivers?

a)

Yangtze and Indus

b)

Tigris and Nile

c)

Tigris and Euphrates

d)

Ganges and Euphrates

87.

What was the name of the wedge-shaped writing form developed by the Sumerians?

a)

cyrillic

b)

alphabet

c)

hieroglyphics

d)

cuneiform

88.

Who wrote the first law code, or collection of laws?

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Sargon

c)

Gigamesh

d)

Nebuchadnezzar

89.

Who created the world's first empire?

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Sargon

c)

Gigamesh

d)

Nebuchadnezzar

90.

What is irrigation?

a)

the movement of people from one place to another

b)

a way of watering crops

c)

a collection of laws

d)

a river in the Middle East

91.

How do we still use the Sumerian number system based on 60?

a)

measuring weights

b)

measuring time

c)

measuring distances

d)

measuring degrees in a circle

92.

Why did the Sumerian city-states often go to war with each other?

a)

Kings would steal the wife of other city-states.

b)

They spoke different languages.

c)

They fought for glory and to control more land and territory.

d)

They believed in different religions.

93.

What is the term for a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority?

a)

Anarchy

b)

Hierarchy

c)

Democracy

d)

Communism

94.

What is Mesopotamia known as?

a)

The land of mountains

b)

The land of deserts

c)

The land between two rivers

d)

The land of forests

95.

What did the Sumerians build to worship their gods?

a)

Pyramids

b)

Ziggurats

c)

Shrines

d)

Altars

96.

What happens if a person brings an accusation and does not prove it?

a)

The person is fined.

b)

The person is put to death.

c)

The person is imprisoned.

d)

The person is exiled.

97.

What is the name of the ancient Mesopotamian law code that is one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length in the world?

a)

Code of Hammurabi

b)

Magna Carta

c)

Justinian Code

d)

Napoleonic Code

98.

Which river was crucial to the development of Mesopotamian civilization?

a)

Nile

b)

Amazon

c)

Tigris

d)

Mississippi

99.

What was the primary material used by the Sumerians for writing?

a)

Papyrus

b)

Clay tablets

c)

Parchment

d)

Stone slabs

100.

Which ancient Mesopotamian city is known for its hanging gardens?

a)

Babylon

b)

Ur

c)

Nineveh

d)

Akkad

101.

What was the primary purpose of the Code of Hammurabi?

a)

To establish trade routes

b)

To create a set of laws

c)

To record historical events

d)

To build architectural structures

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