WorksheetsGeography of Mesopotamia and Sumerian Civilization Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Mesopotamia developed in what is now
a)
Iraq
b)
Turkey
c)
Iran
d)
Egypt
2.
What is a theocracy?
a)
a government where people vote
b)
a government where the king is in charge of laws only
c)
a government where the king is in charge of laws and religion
d)
a government where the king works with a small group to rule
3.
What were the two rivers of Mesopotamia?
a)
Nile and Tigris
b)
Mississippi and Missouri
c)
Tiger and Elephant
d)
Tigris and Euphrates
4.
Polytheism is the belief in:
a)
The belief in one God
b)
The belief in many gods
c)
working a specific job
d)
Going to school
5.
Who lived on the top of the ziggurat (temple) of Sumerian city-states?
a)
The god of the city-state
b)
The King of Mesopotamia
c)
The Priest of the Ziggurat
d)
The emperor of Mesopotamia
6.
What are the two main things that early humans needed to find before they could settle in one place?
a)
Salt water and animals
b)
a fresh water source and good soil
c)
Clothes and homes
d)
Fresh water and dry, desert land
7.
Sumerians believed that a king's power to rule came from
a)
The priest
b)
the gods
c)
The people's vote
d)
They earned it
8.
Good soil that is carried by rivers that helps farmers grow their crops is called:
a)
Irrigation
b)
Surplus
c)
Time
d)
Silt
9.
A system that supplies dry land with water by digging ditches that connect a water source to fields
a)
Surplus
b)
Irrigation
c)
Silt
d)
city-state
10.
An amount that is left over after a need has been met. Farmers grew more food than they needed so they would have extra.
a)
Silt
b)
Irrigation
c)
Surplus
d)
polytheism
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