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Mesopotamia Review

Quiz by Raquel Martinez

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  • Q1
    Which two water features gave Mesopotamia the name "Land between the rivers?"
    Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea
    Tigris and Euphrates
    Nile and Tigris
    Fertile Crescent and Mediterranean Sea
    45s
  • Q2
    A collection of cities, each with its own ruler
    a town
    an empire
    a nation
    a city-state
    45s
  • Q3
    A person trained to read, write and keep records is called a
    scribe
    ziggurat
    anthropologist
    caravan
    45s
  • Q4
    Hammurabi is best known for
    his code of laws
    writing the story of Gilgamesh
    dividing the empire
    creating the wheel
    45s
  • Q5
    All of the following are achievements of Mesopotamia EXCEPT
    Geometry
    wheel
    laws
    writing
    45s
  • Q6
    The belief in many gods is called
    monotheism
    Christianity
    polytheism
    atheism
    45s
  • Q7
    It was necessary to locate early city-states near bodies of water because
    water is very soothing
    it was faster to travel by water than land
    water was used to irrigate fields
    Water was a source of spiritual strength
    45s
  • Q8
    A man-made way of supplying water to an area of land for farming
    agriculture
    irrigation
    technology
    archeology
    45s
  • Q9
    The region of Mesopotamia is mostly located in the present day country of
    India
    Italy
    Iraq
    Iceland
    45s
  • Q10
    What did the Mesopotamians write on?
    papyrus
    clay
    animal skin
    cave walls
    45s
  • Q11
    Which of these groups ranked higher (had higher status/more important) in the social structure than the others in Sumerian civilization?
    priests
    farmers
    slaves
    merchants
    45s
  • Q12
    A region in southwest Asia. The site of the world's first civilization.
    Africa
    ziggurat
    Fertile Crescent
    Europe
    45s
  • Q13
    Another word for farming is
    empire
    surplus
    agriculture
    domesticate
    45s
  • Q14
    To tame an animal for human use or to cultivate plants is called
    surplus
    empire
    ziggurat
    domesticate
    45s
  • Q15
    Land with different territories and people under single rule is called a/an
    ziggurat
    empire
    agriculture
    surplus
    45s

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