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Ancient Civilizations: Mesopotamia
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A #socialstudies Quiz for #6thgrade as a #testreview for #AncientMesopotamia
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1
The ancient written language of cuneiform comes from which culture?
Sumer
Maya
Egypt
2
The success of Sargon's conquests can largely be attributed to
barbarians
pictographs
irrigation
chariots
3
Many armies chose not to live in a defeated city because they
might not be able to defend their own city
would be unable to rob the city
could control the city without living in it
4
An additional side effect of using the furrow to plow fields was that
irrigation canals were built close to rivers
damp ground allowed seeds to be planted
roots were able to grow more quickly
it was no longer necessary to plant seeds
5
Which sentence shows a benefit of farming in Mesopotamia?
Furrows helped farmers remove silt from the rivers.
The Sumerians obtained silt through commerce.
Flood waters washed away the fertile soil.
Yearly flooding of the rivers deposited silt.
6
Although priests chose leaders during times of war, the leaders were called
kings.
priests.
scribes.
7
The first great Sumerian city was
Lagash
Babylon
Uruk
Ur
8
Egyptians simplified their system of writing by
maintaining 600 symbols to learn
using 24 symbols to stand for specific sounds
creating a symbol for new concepts or items
writing on tablets of wet clay
9
With the sail and the wheel,
the Sumerians could trade in more areas.
the Sumerians needed lumber.
trade could be done by barter.
10
Food surpluses in Sumer were the direct result of
the rise of the city-state.
mud-brick homes.
improved technology in farming.
11
Priests worked together to maintain their power by
creating religious ceremonies to support royal power
going to war with neighboring city states
building ziggurat to honor the local gods
sending surplus food to trade for raw materials
12
wheeled war vehicles
chariot
pictograph
irrigation
scribe
13
Who was in the lowest class order in the Sumerian city-state class system?
priests
slaves
farmers
14
the shift of ideas or customs from one culture to another
barbarian
cultural borrowing
law code
population
15
The development of irrigation allowed Sumerian farmers to
avoid the potential for flooding
carry water from fivers to their fields
plant crops closer to rivers
avoid planting crops during the summer
16
The Sumerians believed their gods acted like humans, but only the gods
lived forever.
slept.
got married.
17
The first Mesopotamian empire was created by
Hammurabi
Ur-Nammu
Sargon
Lagash
18
The Sumerian city-states were able to attain great wealth due to the innovations of
irrigation canals and the furrow
the wheel and the sail
mud-brick houses
grain surpluses
19
The introduction of the irrigation canals allowed Sumerian farmers to
allow plant roots to grow by loosening the soil
dig holes in the ground to plant seeds.
plant their crops away from the flood plains.
20
The first written language on which our modern alphabet is based developed in
Sumer
Egypt
China
21
The Sumerian social class system was supported by
Slaces
Merchants
Government
Farmers
22
What were the multi-level religious buildings known as?
temples
storehouses
ziggurats
23
How did the Maya culture survive?
developed irrigation canals
built ziggurats to worship their gods
Built homes of mud-brick
developed a written language
24
pictures that represent objects
city state
chariot
pictograph
irrigation
25
The advance of the furrow was made more useful by
hitching oxen to the plow.
digging miles of canals.
poking holes in the ground.
26
Which is not a step needed to invent a written language?
teach others to read and write the symbols
decide how to break up a spoken language into words & sounds
find a way to have symbols stand for spoken words
27
A person trained to write and keep records in ancient times
scribe
city-state
pictograph
irrigation
28
Which sentence shows a challenge of farming in Mesopotamia?
Many times, flood waters would destroy all of the crops
Flood waters washed away fertile soil & farming didn't work
heavy flooding could destroy entire villages
Farming was difficult because there was no water nearby.
29
A system for watering crops
irrigation
chariot
city-state
pictograph
30
The Sumerians kept their gods happy because the gods
lived forever
got married
represented elements of nature
played an active role in their lives
31
The last people to modify the Egyptian alphabet into its present state were the
Phonecians
Greeks
Romans
Sumerians
32
Which sentence shows a challenge of farming in Mesopotamia?
Flood waters washed away soil and farming was impossible.
Many times, floods would destroy crops at harvest time.
Most of the area beyond the rivers was desert with no crops.
33
number of people
polytheism
population
law code
law code
34
A written set of laws
population
law code
polytheism
cultural borrowing
35
The Sumerian priests were able to maintain their power because they
kept the Sumerians from entering wars
knew how to communicate with the gods
told the gods what the people wanted
constructed large temples called ziggurats
36
a government headed by a king
chariot
irrigation
monarchy
scribe
37
a city and the surrounding land and villages under its control
chariot
scribe
pictograph
city-state
38
The worship of many gods
polythesim
deism
cultural borrowing
monotheism
39
People without civilization
barbarian
law code
population
cultural borrowing
40
Which sentence shows a benefit of farming in Mesopotamia?
The Sumerians controlled flooding through irrigation.
Flood waters washed away fertile soil.
The Tigris and Euphrates carried silt from the mountains.
