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- 1. Multiple Choice
What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean?
messy region to live in
region that can be tamed
land between two rivers
land near the mountains
- 2. Multiple Choice
Priests, farmers, and slaves are examples of this characteristic of civilization.
stable food supply
government
technology
social hierarchy
- 3. Multiple Choice
Identify the picture and explain its importance to Sumer.
crusty bread - helped with the stable food supply.
tool technology - used as a stepping stone when soil was wet.
cuneiform tablet - written language that helped with record keeping.
artwork - provided beauty in homes by hanging on walls.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Name the two bodies of water that provided water for Mesopotamia.
Nile River and Black Sea
Tigris River and Persian Gulf
Euphrates River and Tigris River
Euphrates River and Nile River
- 5. Multiple Choice
This structure was the most important building within a city-state.
The palace
The ziggurat
The surplus food supply room
The two-story homes of the priests
- 6. Multiple Choice
How did Sumerians solve the problem of attacks by neighboring communities?
They had wars
They built walls
They met and signed treaties
They created guns
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a city-state?The area inside the city wallThe city and the countryside around it.The farmlandThe market place
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat civilization was led by Sargon and was located north of Sumer?The AkkadiansEgyptBabyloniaSinai Penninsula
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhich word describes the religion of the Sumerians?monotheisticpolytheisticpaganisticChristian
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the name for a person who could read and write in Sumer?kinggovernment officialscribewriter
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat is cuneiform?a way of worshipa system of farminga system of writinga type of medicine
- 12. Multiple Choice
Bringing water to your crops. Including: Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches
irrigation
nomads
ziggurat
scribes
- 13. Multiple Choice
What does polytheistic mean?
belief in one god
Belief in more than one god
- 14. Multiple Choice
Sargon built the world’s first empire
True
False
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhen the Akkadians under Sargon conquered the city-states of Sumer, they created the firstempirehuge city-statenationdemocracy
- 16. Multiple Choice
More food than needed by a person.
Trade
Domestication
Surplus
Irrigation
- 17. Multiple Choice
Sumerians believed in many gods including the powerful god Enlil--what is the belief in many gods known as?
Monotheism
Polytheism
Atheism
Nativism
- 18. Multiple Choice
What is the name for the large arc of rich farmland that extends from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea?
The Mediterranean Basin
The Green Belt
Fertile Crescent
Asia
- 19. Multiple Choice
Another word for a craftsperson is a(n)
artisan
merchant
scribe
ziggurat
- 20. Multiple Choice
Who was at the bottom of the social class?
priests
landowners
fishers
slaves
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