WorksheetsG6 Unit 2 practice 1
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 3600secs
In Greek, Mesopotamia means?
The land between 2 rivers
The rivers between 2 lands
The river that flows up and down
Means wedges
What continent is Mesopotamia located on?
Africa
Asia
Europe
Iraq
A system that was created to water crops and dry land
silt
irrigation
plow
surplus
When you have extra food
sumer
extra food
surplus
irrigation
What protected the city-states from attacks?
Giant walls
Armies
Rivers
Sargon the Great
A belief in many gods
Monotheism
Polytheism
Ziggurats
Rituals
What is this an example of?
Church
Pyramid
Ziggurat
Temple
What was the earliest form of writing called?
English
Pictographs
Cuneiform
Scribe
What geographic feature were all cities in Mesopotamia near?
Deserts
Mountains
Rivers
Oceans
Specialized Jobs
A math term
Everyone does the same job
Different people do different jobs
Social Classes
Who was the leader of government in Mesopotamia?
A king
A priest
A god
A musician
What is an example of technology from Mesopotamia
Cars
Paper
Cell Phones
The Wheel
Cuneiform is the name of Mesopotamia's....
Writing System
Art and Entertainment
Technology
Government
Scribes in Mesopotamia wrote on...
Paper
Cave walls
Clay
Stone
Who was the Mesopotamian ruler who wrote laws?
Hammurabi
Ramses
Sargon
Narmer
Mesopotamia's religion had
One god
Many gods
Women were treated equally to men in Mesopotamia?
True
False
The plain between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers was called _____________.
In Sumer, city-states were self-governing. What does self-governing mean?
The Sumerians created an heroic poem called __________.
Who formed a code of laws that later influenced the laws of the Greeks and Romans?
What was the oldest known recorded fictional story?
The Iliad
The Odyssey
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Aeneid
What invention did the Sumerians create to help with the harvest and trade?
Steamboat
Car
Wheeled cart
Airplane
What did the Sumerians use sailboats for?
Exploring other parts of the Mediterranean region
Transporting goods through the rivers
Fishing
War
A manmade way of supplying land with water.
Aquaduct
Irrigation
Levee
Waterway
An early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government.
City-State
Civilization
Empire
Mesopotamia
A large territory ruled by a single leader or government.
City-State
Empire
Civilization
Region
A society marked by developed arts, sciences, government, and social structure.
City-State
Empire
Civilization
Mesopotamia
What is the difference between Prehistoric society and Mesopotamian society?
Prehistoric people were hunter gatherers, Mesopotamian people were farmers.
Prehistoric people did not leave written history, Mesopotamian people left extensive writings.
Prehistoric people made artwork primarily about animals, Mesopotamian people made art about many subjects.
Prehistoric people were nomads, Mesopotamian people built cities and lived in them.
All of these
Which of the following is NOT true of Hammurabi's laws?
It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.
It was used by many later civilizations as a model
The laws are written in stone.
It treated all people the same under the law.
The few Mesopotamians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?
Artisans
Merchants
Scribes
Priests
What was the main religion of the Mesopotamians?
Monotheism
Polytheism
Christianity
Judiasm
Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops is also known as
irrigation
architecture
fishing
cuneiform
Punishments under the Code of Hammurabi
were more harsh for people of lower social classes.
stressed reform rather than retribution for crimes.
did not cover domestic/family concerns.
did not apply to the upper class.
What is irrigation?
people that move from one place to another
when somebody is easily upset
the supply of water to land or crops from human-made canals
a ritual practiced in Mesopotamia
