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G6 Unit 2 practice 1

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.

What continent is Mesopotamia located on?

a)

Africa

b)

Asia

c)

Europe

d)

Iraq

3.

A system that was created to water crops and dry land

a)

silt

b)

irrigation

c)

plow

d)

surplus

4.

When you have extra food

a)

sumer

b)

extra food

c)

surplus

d)

irrigation

5.

What protected the city-states from attacks?

a)

Giant walls

b)

Armies

c)

Rivers

d)

Sargon the Great

6.

A belief in many gods

a)

Monotheism

b)

Polytheism

c)

Ziggurats

d)

Rituals

7.

What is this an example of?

a)

Church

b)

Pyramid

c)

Ziggurat

d)

Temple

8.

What was the earliest form of writing called?

a)

English

b)

Pictographs

c)

Cuneiform

d)

Scribe

9.

What geographic feature were all cities in Mesopotamia near?

a)

Deserts

b)

Mountains

c)

Rivers

d)

Oceans

10.

Specialized Jobs

a)

A math term

b)

Everyone does the same job

c)

Different people do different jobs

d)

Social Classes

11.

Who was the leader of government in Mesopotamia?

a)

A king

b)

A priest

c)

A god

d)

A musician

12.

What is an example of technology from Mesopotamia

a)

Cars

b)

Paper

c)

Cell Phones

d)

The Wheel

13.

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

a)

Writing System

b)

Art and Entertainment

c)

Technology

d)

Government

14.

Scribes in Mesopotamia wrote on...

a)

Paper

b)

Cave walls

c)

Clay

d)

Stone

15.

Who was the Mesopotamian ruler who wrote laws?

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Ramses

c)

Sargon

d)

Narmer

16.

Mesopotamia's religion had

a)

One god

b)

Many gods

17.

Women were treated equally to men in Mesopotamia?

a)

True

b)

False

18.
A complex society that has cities, governments, art, religion, and writing.
a)
euphrates
b)
civilization
c)
mesopotamia
d)
empire
19.
Which of these is a major source of fresh water in Mesopotamia?
a)
Assyria
b)
Euphrates
c)
Sumer
d)
Nile
20.
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
21.
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
22.
These were people who learned how to write and got jobs keeping records.
a)
scribes
b)
akkadians
c)
sumerians
d)
artisans
23.
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
24.

The plain between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers was called _____________.

a)
Egypt
b)
Indus Valley
c)
Mesopotamia
d)
Nile Valley
25.

In Sumer, city-states were self-governing. What does self-governing mean?

a)
It means that the city-states were governed by an external power
b)
It means that the city-states were governed by a single ruler
c)
It means that the city-states were governed by a council of elders
d)
It means that the city-states were governed by their own inhabitants
26.

The Sumerians created an heroic poem called __________.

a)
The Odyssey
b)
The Iliad
c)
Beowulf
d)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
27.

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
28.
Which is the correct order of states in Mesopotamia?
a)
Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians
b)
Babylonians, Hittites, Assyrians, Sumerians
c)
Akkadians, Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians
d)
Sumerians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Akkadians
29.
Hammurabi's Code was a system of laws that helped
a)
bring equality to social classes.
b)
increase the strength of the military.
c)
maintain order and unity in the region.
d)
build irrigation throughout the region.
30.
Which two rivers does Mesopotamia lie between?
a)
Tigris and Euphrates
b)
Euphrates and Tiber
c)
Yangtze and Huang He
d)
Tiber and Nile
31.
Gilgamesh sought to find the secret to
a)
absolute power.
b)
eternal friendship.
c)
eternal life.
d)
endless wealth.
32.

What was the oldest known recorded fictional story?

a)

The Iliad

b)

The Odyssey

c)

The Epic of Gilgamesh

d)

The Aeneid

33.

What invention did the Sumerians create to help with the harvest and trade?

a)

Steamboat

b)

Car

c)

Wheeled cart

d)

Airplane

34.

What did the Sumerians use sailboats for?

a)

Exploring other parts of the Mediterranean region

b)

Transporting goods through the rivers

c)

Fishing

d)

War

35.

A manmade way of supplying land with water.

a)

Aquaduct

b)

Irrigation

c)

Levee

d)

Waterway

36.

An early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government.

a)

City-State

b)

Civilization

c)

Empire

d)

Mesopotamia

37.

A large territory ruled by a single leader or government.

a)

City-State

b)

Empire

c)

Civilization

d)

Region

38.

A society marked by developed arts, sciences, government, and social structure.

a)

City-State

b)

Empire

c)

Civilization

d)

Mesopotamia

39.

What is the difference between Prehistoric society and Mesopotamian society?

a)

Prehistoric people were hunter gatherers, Mesopotamian people were farmers.

b)

Prehistoric people did not leave written history, Mesopotamian people left extensive writings.

c)

Prehistoric people made artwork primarily about animals, Mesopotamian people made art about many subjects.

d)

Prehistoric people were nomads, Mesopotamian people built cities and lived in them.

e)

All of these

40.

Which of the following is NOT true of Hammurabi's laws?

a)

It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.

b)

It was used by many later civilizations as a model

c)

The laws are written in stone.

d)

It treated all people the same under the law.

41.

The few Mesopotamians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?

a)

Artisans

b)

Merchants

c)

Scribes

d)

Priests

42.

What was the main religion of the Mesopotamians?

a)

Monotheism

b)

Polytheism

c)

Christianity

d)

Judiasm

43.

Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops is also known as

a)

irrigation

b)

architecture

c)

fishing

d)

cuneiform

44.

Punishments under the Code of Hammurabi

a)

were more harsh for people of lower social classes.

b)

stressed reform rather than retribution for crimes.

c)

did not cover domestic/family concerns.

d)

did not apply to the upper class.

45.

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