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- 1. Multiple Choice
Mesopotamia was a region with a lot of natural resources
True
False
- 2. Multiple Choice
The people who lived in Mesopotamia needed to trade with neighboring countries in order to acquire the resources they needed to live.
True
False
- 3. Multiple Choice
Grain, oils and textiles were taken from Mesopotamia to foreign cities and traded
True
False
- 4. Multiple Choice
Foreign cities exchanged grain, oils and textiles for Mesopotamia's precious metals
True
False
- 5. Multiple Choice
Mesopotamia received timber wine and precious metals from other cities.
True
False
- 6. Multiple Choice
Grain was quite bulky and was best transported on a boat
True
False
- 7. Multiple Choice
Precious stones were likely to be small, so they could be transported on foot or by donkey
True
False
- 8. Multiple Choice
What was the precious wood that had to be imported?
cedar and oak trees
pine and cedar trees
pine and oak trees
redwood and oak trees
- 9. Multiple Choice
Wool was transported by moving sheep down a river on a raft
True
False
- 10. Multiple Choice
What form of transport was taken apart and the logs used to make it were sold.
coracle
raft
cart
river boat
- 11. Multiple Choice
People who traded locally traded by
donkey
foot
cart
coracle
- 12. Multiple Choice
The most important trade good in Mesopotamia were
textiles
oils
grains
timbers
- 13. Multiple Choice
How was oil transported?
cart
donkey
raft
foot
- 14. Multiple Choice
Precious materials were mostly transported by
foot
donkey
cart
river boat
- 15. Multiple Choice
Bundles of reeds are best transported by
in backpacks on foot
side saddles on donkeys
boats over water
carts
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which mode of transportation is possible because of the invention of the wheel?
coracle
raft
foot
cart
- 17. Multiple Choice
There are ____ modes of transportation.
eight
seven
five
six
- 18. Multiple Choice
How did changes in transportation help Sumerian civilization grow?
The Sumerians could move into the Babylonian Empire more easily.
The Sumerians could move into the mountains during hot weather more easily.
The Sumerians could move from one farm to another more easily.
The Sumerians could trade goods using carts and boats more easily.
- 19. Multiple Choice
What was the import also known as fish eyes that Babylonians obtained from the gulf?
ivory
pearls
gold
lapis lazuli
- 20. Multiple Choice
People carried mostly ___________ by foot
stones and gems
liquids
food
textiles
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