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Mesopotamia Test 23-24 (TCI L4-5)

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20 questions
DIRECTIONS: Choose the best answer to each question. You may look back at your notes to help you.
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Question 1
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The name of Mesopotamia comes from its location, which was...

Question 2
2.

Why were Sumerian communities called city-states?

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Question 3
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What solution did people in the Zagros foothills find to fix the problem of food shortages?

Question 4
4.

One factor that made farming difficult in the area of Sumer was...

Question 5
5.

If you were in ancient Sumer, you might see a levee beside a river. Why was the levee built?

Question 6
6.

Why was silt a problem for the people of Sumer?

Use the map to answer the next three questions.
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Question 7
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Which of the following is a Mesopotamian city-state shown on the map?

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Question 8
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Rivers flow to larger bodies of water. The Tigris and lower Euphrates rivers generally flow _______________________.

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Question 9
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What major physical feature lies between the waters of the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf?

Question 10
10.

A society has a stable food supply if...

Question 11
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Which one of these inventions most affected the food supply in Sumer?

Question 12
12.

Which Sumerian belief about the king helped strengthen the social order?

Question 13
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Why were scribes important in Sumerian government?

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Question 14
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The building in the picture was most closely related to which of these features of Sumerian civilization?

Question 15
15.

Which invention made it possible for Sumerian armies to use chariots?

Question 16
16.

Which invention added strength and beauty to Sumerian buildings?

Question 17
17.

What evidence found by archaeologists shows that Sumerians were not prehistoric?

Question 18
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Records of the goods people exchanged were made on...

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Question 19
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We learned about seven different characteristics of a civilization. Which of the following characteristics does this artifact show about Mesopotamia?

Question 20
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What was the name of the written language used by the Sumerians?