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Mesopotamia Vocabulary

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is Fertile Crescent?

a)

Where you grow stuff.

b)

An arc of fertile farmland between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean.

c)

A place in Mesopotamia

d)

Land in Mesopotamia.

2.

What is silt?

a)

Where you can sit and fish.

b)

A mix of land and sea.

c)

A mix of rock and fertile soil deposited by river.

d)

A rock.

3.

What does irrigate mean?

a)

Supplying water to plants and aid in farming.

b)

Supplying food to plants and aid in farming.

c)

To supply water and food to plants.

d)

To help get water when needed.

4.

What Rivers surround Mesopotamia?

a)

Tigris River and Euphrates River

b)

Red Sea River and Tigris River

c)

Euphrates River and Rea Sea River

d)

None

5.

Who is Hammurabi?

a)

A king who was cool.

b)

A Babylonian King who made the code of laws in the U.S.

c)

A Babylonian King who made the code of laws of Sumer and Mesopotamia.

d)

A person who was famous.

6.

What was Mesopotamia's writing system called?

a)

Handwritting

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Scribe

d)

Print

7.

What is Polytheism?

a)

A religion that believes in many Gods.

b)

A religion that is popular.

c)

A place in Mesopotamia.

d)

A name of an empire.

8.

A rectangular pyramid with terraces. It was usually used as a religious or government buildings.

a)

Ziggurat

b)

House

c)

Church

d)

Fast food place.

9.

What is bartering?

a)

To trade one item for another.

b)

To borrow something.

c)

To go to the store.

d)

To trade and borrow something.

10.

What civilization are we learning about?

a)

Lerma's civilization.

b)

Mesopotamia.

c)

Deming civilization.

d)

Ancient civilization.