WorksheetsCh 2 Mesopotamia
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1. What is Ancient Mesopotamia sometimes called?
a)
a. Fertile Crescent
b)
b. Birthplace of Democracy
c)
c. The New World
d)
d. The Lost Desert
2.
2. What two rivers were important to Mesopotamia?
a)
Nile River and Amazon River
b)
Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
c)
Mesopotamia River and Asia River
d)
Yellow and Yangtze Rivers
3.
3. What people were at the very bottom of the social class?
a)
Scribes
b)
Priests
c)
Farmers
d)
Slaves
4.
4. What were the homes in Mesopotamia made out of?
a)
Rock Slabs
b)
Mud Bricks
c)
Wood
d)
Thatch
5.
5. Sumer was divided into these basic divisions of government, each ruled by their own king, they are called?
a)
Counties
b)
Provinces
c)
City-States
d)
Empires
6.
6. Which civilization created the first written language for record keeping?
a)
Greeks
b)
Babylonians
c)
Assyrians
d)
Sumerians
7.
7. Sumerians developed wedge-shaped marks in clay as a form of writing called?
a)
Picture Words
b)
Cave Writing
c)
Stylus words
d)
Cuneiform
8.
8. Name the first human civilization that was formed in Mesopotamia?
a)
Sumer
b)
Egypt
c)
Babylonia
d)
China
9.
9. True or False: Music or musical instruments was not a part of Mesopotamia
a)
True
b)
False
10.
10. Which of the following were invented by the Sumerians?
a)
Writing
b)
Irrigation
c)
Wheeled carts
d)
All of the above
11.
11. The temple located in the center of each City State was called a?
a)
Pyramid
b)
Nexus
c)
Ziggurat
d)
Center Temple
12.
12. What was the Code of Hammurabi?
a)
a way of decoding secret messages
b)
a written set of laws
c)
a means of communication using drums
d)
a type of architecture
13.
13. In which area did one of the first civilizations settle, also know as the Fertile Crescent?
a)
farmland on a mountain
b)
an island in a gulf
c)
a land between two rivers
d)
a desert area
14.
14. Which of the following best describes the job of most of the first Mesopotamians?
a)
hunters
b)
farmers
c)
roamers
d)
hunter gatherers
15.
15. How did early people in Mesopotamia make farming successful along the river banks?
a)
They domesticated crops.
b)
They waited for the rainy season.
c)
They migrated.
d)
They irrigated their crops.
16.
16. The P in GRAPES stands for
a)
Polytheism
b)
Politics
c)
Policies
d)
Papyrus
17.
17. Who ruled the kingdom of Babylonia and created a code of laws by which to live?
a)
Nebuchadnezzar II
b)
Hammurabi
c)
Ashurbanipal
d)
Babylon
18.
18. The Code of Hammurabi was filled with harsh punishments.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
19. True or False: The Code of Hammurabi is important because it tells us a lot about the way the people of Babylon lived.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
20. The word Mesopotamia means?
a)
the land between two rivers
b)
the river valley
c)
the river is deep
d)
fertile river basin
21.
21. Which element of GRAPES deals with location?
a)
Economics
b)
Social Structure
c)
Geography
d)
Religion
e)
Achievements
22.
22. Ancient Mesopotamia and present day Iraq are located in Asia, What color represents Asia?
a)
Orange
b)
Green
c)
Yellow
d)
Brown
e)
Red
23.
23. True or False: Settlers in Mesopotamia used the water from the rivers to water their crops .
a)
True
b)
False
24.
24. The highest social classes in Mesopotamia included
a)
The Ruling family
b)
Government Officials
c)
Head Priest
d)
all of the above.
25.
25. A society has a stable food supply if
a)
it gives food to the king.
b)
it has enough food for its people.
c)
it buys food from other groups.
d)
it gets food by hunting and fishing.
26.
26 Which invention made it possible for Sumerian armies to use chariots?
a)
wheels
b)
swords
c)
sledges
d)
horseshoes
27.
29. An area of high flat land is called?
a)
Mountain
b)
Plain
c)
Plateau
d)
Society
28.
30. A person trained in writing cuneiform script.
a)
Shekel
b)
Artisan
c)
Scribe
d)
Ziggurat
29.
31. An advanced society that has organized religion, government, and economics is called a _____________.
a)
civilization
b)
tribe
c)
social structure
d)
landform
30.
32. What do the letters (acronym) of G.R.A.P.E.S stand for?
a)
Geography, Religion, Achievement, President, Economics, Social Structure
b)
Geography, Religion, Achievement, President, Economics, Socialism
c)
Geography, Religion, Achievement, Politics, Economics, Social Structure
d)
Geography, Regions, Achievement, President, Economics, Social Structure
31.
33. According to the Mesopotamia song, "By the ___________ is where they found, ancient ruins underground. Hint: The two main rivers empty into it.
a)
Euphrates
b)
Tigres
c)
Persian Gulf
d)
Red Sea
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