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Ancient Mesopotamia Test
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Question 1
1.
What are the two rivers that allowed Ancient Mesopotamia to succeed?
Indus and Ganges
Tigris and Euphrates
Tigris and Nile
Nile and Indus
Question 2
2.
What does Mesopotamia mean?
“Fertile Crescent”
“Cradle of Civilization”
“Eye for an Eye”
“Land between two rivers”
Question 3
3.
Why was Ancient Mesopotamia known as the “Cradle of Civilization”?
The first civilizations were located there
It had good soil and a crescent shape
It was located between two rivers
The people were hunters and gatherers
Question 4
4.
Polytheism is the belief in:
One god
The church
no gods
Many gods
Question 5
5.
Why was Ancient Mesopotamia known as the "Fertile Crescent"?
the first civilizations were located there
it had good soil and a crescent shape
it was located between two rivers
the people were hunters and gatheres
Question 6
6.
Ancient Mesopotamia is now modern day ____________
United States
Russia
Italy
Iraq
Question 7
7.
What is the purpose of a Scribe?
to read
to write
to keep records
all of the above
Question 8
8.
Who created the first set of written laws?
Sargon
Ghandi
Hammurabi
God
Question 9
9.
What were the first set of written laws called?
The first laws
Code of Hammurabi
Laws of Hammurabi
Ten Commandments
Question 10
10.
What are the 2 reasons people were treated differently in Ancient Mesopotamia?
Wealth and eduction
Behavior and wealth
Social Class and Family
Education and Family
Question 11
11.
Why were the Sumerians so easy to attack?
They had no army
They had lots of natural barriers
They were not unified
They were hard to attack
Question 12
12.
Which is
not
a major empire from Mesopotamia?
Sumerians
Babylonians
Assyrians
Rome
Question 13
13.
Which empire was considered the "Romans of Asia"?
Sumerians
Babylonians
Assyrians
Rome
Question 14
14.
What was the main contribution of the Persian empire?
Writing
Language
Laws
Organized government
Question 15
15.
What were homes made of in Ancient Mesopotamia
mud bricks
rocks
straw
sticks
Question 16
16.
Who ruled the government in Ancient Mesopotamia
president
they did not have one
pharaoh
king
Question 17
17.
What type of materials did Ancient Mesopotamians use for clothing?
cotton
sheepsin or wool
leather
polyester
Question 18
18.
What major invention of the Sumerians had a large impact on the forming of the first civilization? __________________
Question 19
19.
What invention impacted trade routes and the civilization that depended on them? ___________
Question 20
20.
What important farming tool did the Ancient Sumerians make?
Question 21
21.
What was deposited onto the river banks each year when it flooded in Mesopotamia?