Mesopotamia Quiz 2025 - Julia Berg | Library

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Mesopotamia was in an area also known as:

The Fertile Valley

The Fertile Crescent

The Fertile Lands 

None of the above 

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Where did people in Mesopotamia get their fresh water?

Mediterranean Sea and the Nile River 

Persian Gulf and the Red Sea 

Tigris and Euphrates Rivers 

Rain

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Which present-day country makes up most of Mesopotamia?

Israel

Iraq 

Egypt 

Iran

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The name for the fine soil deposited by rivers is:

Dirt

Silt

Fertilizer

Topsoil

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Which best describes the people in section 1 of the social class pyramid above?

kings and royals 

priests and government officials 

scribes, farmers, artisans, merchants

slaves

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Which best describes the people in section 3 of the social class pyramid above?

slaves

kings and royals

priests and government officials

scribes, farmers, artisans, merchants

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The religion of the Ancient Mesopotamians was polytheistic. This means:

They believed in many gods

They believed in two gods

They believed in one god

They did not believe in any gods

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Hammurabi's Code is:

A list of important events

A decoration for the king

A set of laws

A secret code to communicate

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What is this artifact called?

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The word "Mesopotamia" means:

middle of the fertile crescent

land in the middle of the desert

land north of the sea

land between the rivers

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How do you get water to crops?

ziggurat

cuneiform

irrigation

polytheism

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Exchanging goats for chickens is an example of:

Token economy

Barter economy

Surplus

Merchant

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Using coins to buy bread is an example of:

Surplus

Token economy

Barter economy

Merchant

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A person whose job is to trade and exchange items is a:

Surplus

Scribe

Merchant

Artisan

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A person whose job is to read and write things down is a:

Surplus

Merchant

Artisan

Scribe

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When you have more of something than you need, it is called a:

Ziggurat

Surplus

Merchant

Scribe

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All of these were Hammurabi's laws EXCEPT:

if a doctor kills their patient, the doctor's hands will be chopped off

if you flood someone else's field, you have to pay for the damage

if you drive your oxen cart too fast, your ears will be chopped off 

robbers will be punished by death

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True or False: Mesopotamian gods were nature-based.

True

False

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What did the Mesopotamians use to build their houses?

Metal

Wood

Stone

Mud Bricks

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All of the following are problems that the ancient Mesopotamians faced EXCEPT:

No stones or forests for building materials

Unpredictable flooding

Easy to invade

No fresh water

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Mesopotamian writing is called:

Cuneiform

Cursive

Calligraphy

Hieroglyphics

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Where was Hammurabi from?

Sumer

Egypt

Babylon

Ur

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How many laws were in Hammurabi's Code?

282

10

208

500

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The Standard of Ur, Hammurabi's Code, and a Cuneiform Tablet are all examples of:

primary sources

irrigation systems

archaeologists

secondary sources

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Drag and drop the labels into the correct spot on the picture below.