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Mesopotamian Empires

Quiz by Cynthia Smith

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  • Q1
    What rivers flowed through Mesopotamia?
    Tigris and Mediterranean
    Mediterranean and Persian
    Tigris and Euphrates
    Caspian and Mediterranean
    30s
  • Q2
    Mesopotamia, the earliest known civilization, is located in present day...
    Iran
    Iraq
    Kuwait
    Saudi Arabia
    30s
  • Q3
    This word is Greek for “land between the rivers”
    Cuneiform
    Mesopotamia
    Irrigation
    City-State
    30s
  • Q4
    A method that brings water to crops
    Mesopotamia
    City-State
    Irrigation
    Cuneiform
    30s
  • Q5
    A form of writing developed by the people of Sumer
    Cuneiform
    Mesopotamia
    Irrigation
    Civilization
    30s
  • Q6
    Where did the first civilizations arise because of farming conditions?
    Near the Sea
    In the Desert
    In River Valleys
    In the Mountains
    30s
  • Q7
    A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a
    Gilgamesh
    Cradle
    Scribe
    Ziggurat
    30s
  • Q8
    Although most Sumerians were farmers, many made metal, cloth, and pottery because they were skilled
    slaves
    priests
    artisans
    merchants
    30s
  • Q9
    The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?
    scribes
    heads of households
    merchants
    artisans
    30s
  • Q10
    The calendar developed by the Sumerians was based on
    the cycles of the moon.
    the Roman calendar
    the number 60
    the geometry of the wheel
    30s
  • Q11
    The Assyrian Empire’s capital city was
    Nineveh
    Akkad
    Babylon
    Tyre
    30s
  • Q12
    The Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon
    Hammurabi
    Nebuchadnezzar
    Sargon
    Nebopolassar
    30s
  • Q13
    One who studies the stars and planets
    Astronomer
    Province
    Caravan
    Nineveh
    30s
  • Q14
    What did the Hittites teach the Assyrians that helped make their army stronger?
    how to make chariots
    how to fight while riding horses
    how to use more advanced weapons such as catapults and battering rams
    how to use stronger metals such as iron for weaponry
    30s
  • Q15
    Which part of Babylon was known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
    king’s palace
    wall around the city
    Hanging Gardens
    irrigation system
    30s

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