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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes the geographical location of Mesopotamia?
in a valley in Southwest Asia
to the east of the Mediterranean Sea
between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
along the Persian Gulf
- 2. Multiple Choice
A ziggurat is a
a government building
irrigation system
god or goddess
pyramid-shaped temple
- 3. Multiple Choice
Whish is the definition of polytheism?
the belief in many gods
the belief in ghosts
the belief in no gods
the belief in one god
- 4. Multiple Choice
In what ways were Cyrus and Darius wise rulers?
Cyrus and Darius were harsh rules and killed their subjects.
Cyrus and Darius practiced tolerance toward their conquered subjects.
Cyrus and Darius did not allow conquered kings to keep their thrones.
Cyrus and Darius charged large tributes.
- 5. Multiple Choice
City-states were developed in Sumer when farming villages...
started growing crops together
turned against each other
worked together on major irrigation projects
turned into large cities
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which is the definition of a legacy?
things left to us from the past
a form of currency
an all-powerful ruler
a temple in Mesopotamia
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is irrigation?
people that move from one place to another
when somebody is easily upset
the supply of water to land or crops from human-made canals
a ritual practiced in Mesopotamia
- 8. Multiple Choice
The Akkadian Empire that Sargon created in Mesopotamia was the world's
first and smallest empire
last and largest empire
last and smallest empire
first and largest empire
- 9. Multiple Choice
In order to unite his empire, Hammurabi created a Code of
Armies
Secrets
Laws
Rules
- 10. Multiple Choice
The Assyrians had a large professional
ruler
army
empire
God
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is a satrap?
The emperor of an empire
The scribe who writes laws
The priest of a civilization
The governor of a district
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which group of people traveled to different harbors in the Mediterranean Sea for trade.
Phoenicians
Assyrians
Chaldeans
Mesopotamians
- 13. Multiple Choice
The invention of writing was such an important discovery, that it seperates history from _____.
prehistoric times
Mesopotamia
cuneiform
science
- 14. Multiple Choice
This was a writing system that was developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia around 3,500 B.C.
ziggurat
agriculture
uniform
cuneiform
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