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Ancient Mesopotamia

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 4hrs 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a ziggurat?

a)

Large temple towers that were believed to be the home of gods in ancient Mesopotamia

b)

A metal factory that the ancient people used to build the things they need

c)

The first known people of the world

d)

The rivers in Mesopotamia

2.

Mesopotamia was located where?

a)

The United States

b)

Iraq

c)

France

d)

Africa

3.

The Mesopotamian people established laws and a government, had schools (for some) and spent their days working as brick makers, farmers, and in other trades.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Draw a compass rose with N, E, S, W labeled

5.

This week we learned about (a)   .

6.

Type 1-2 words that make you think of Ancient Mesopotamia.

2 lines
7.

Learning about Ancient Mesopotamia was fun!

a)

YES!!!

b)

No. :(

8.

Answer the questions below after watching the video

8.

Write a sentence stating one fact you learned.

4 lines
9.

Create your own cuneiform symbol, draw and label it!

10.

What is one of the earliest written languages?

a)

The American alphabet

b)

The Korean alphabet

c)

Cuneiform

11.

People who could read or write in Cuneiform im Mesopotamia were called (a)   .

12.

People who could read or write (scribes) in ancient Mesopotamia were very valuable to the Mesopotamian people because so few people had those skills.

a)

b)

13.

Please write 3 sentences about the most interesting things you learned this week.

4 lines
14.

When clay hardened, the tablets that Mesopotamians wrote on became permanent records-as long as no one dropped them.

a)

True

b)

False

15.
A complex society that has cities, governments, art, religion, and writing.
a)
euphrates
b)
civilization
c)
mesopotamia
d)
empire
16.
Which of these is a major source of fresh water in Mesopotamia?
a)
Assyria
b)
Euphrates
c)
Sumer
d)
Nile
17.
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
18.
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
19.
What was the written language of Mesopotamia called?
a)
ziggurat
b)
scribe
c)
hieroglyphics
d)
cuneiform
20.
Religious temples that look like pyramids but the sides look like stair steps.
a)
ziggurat
b)
artisan
c)
cuneiform
d)
hieroglyphic
21.
These people were skilled workers who made clothes, pottery, and metal products.
a)
scribes
b)
akkadians
c)
sumerians
d)
artisans
22.
Which of these items is one of things that a Mesopotamian would need to write?
a)
paper
b)
stylus
c)
feather pen
d)
parchment
23.
These were people who learned how to write and got jobs keeping records.
a)
scribes
b)
akkadians
c)
sumerians
d)
artisans
24.
TRUE or FALSE.  Sumerians created a 12 month calendar by looking at the stars and planets.
a)
True
b)
False
25.

The Sumerians invented a form of writing called ____________.

a)
Hieroglyphics
b)
Cuneiform
c)
Alphabet
d)
Pictographs
26.

Who formed a code of laws that later influenced the laws of the Greeks and Romans?

a)
Alexander the Great
b)
Julius Caesar
c)
Hammurabi
d)
Napoleon Bonaparte