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A # Ancient Mesopotamia Review
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Advance form of culture
civilization
surplus
stylus
flood plain
2
New Stone Age
Eastern Africa
Iraq
Paleolithic
Neolithic
3
Which part of Babylon was known as one of the Seven wonders of the Ancient World?
king's palace
hanging gardens
wall around the city
irrigation system
4
Sumerian's invented a twelve month calendar
False
True
5
Which of the following were members of the upper class?
merchants and traders
artisans
scribes
kings and priests
6
Throughout history, which two factors have influenced where people settle?
building supplies and nearby trading ports
population density and business opportunity
drinking water and ability to grow crops
average temperatures and animals for hunting
7
Pointed reed instrument used for writing
famine
plain
stylus
wheel
8
Where did the Babylonians adopt most of their culture?
the Persians
the Sumerians
the Egyptians
their own ideas
9
The next civilization we will study
Rome
China
Greece
Egypt
10
In order to improve their appearances, Sumerians would
wear tattoos
clean their faces with olive oil
wear cucumbers over their eyes
rub their faces with stone
11
Soil that contains the things plants need to grow is called surplus
False
True
12
Mesopotamia, the first civilization was located in what is now the southern part of
Australia
Iran
Iraq
India
13
Settling down into small villages had which of the following effects on a population?
reduction in the amount of daily work people had to do
acess to a more varied diet
greater exposure to disease
shrinking population
14
What civilization is the setting of the Epic of Gilgamesh
Babylonian
Sumerian
Assyrian
Greece
15
The earliest humans got their food by
growing crops
raising chickens and cows
buying it in a store
gathering berries and nuts - hunting and fishing
16
The Fertile Crescent was an anrch-shaped area in the Middle of Africa
True
False
17
What was Gilgamesh in real life?
King
Priest
Slave
Scribe
18
What significant, major change took place during the Neolithic Age?
farming
toolmaking
simple shelters
harpoon fishing
19
invented by people in Ancient Mesopotamia
wheel
tractors
guns
ivory
20
Common thing painted on cave walls in Ancient Mesopotamia
humans
animals
scibes
nomads
21
What was the order of Mesopotamian civilizations
Sumer, Babylon, Assyria, Chaldea, Persia
Assyria, Sumer, Chaldea, Persia, Babylon
Sumer, Assyria, Chaldea, Persia, Babylon
Assyria, Babylon, Sumer, Chaldea, Persia
22
Bartering, an early form of trade occured because
trade made people feel more secure
people had surpluses that they could exchange
people didn't grow enough food
people didn't want to part with their extra items
23
A citystate has its own government
True
False
24
A group of traveling merchants
scribes
priests
caravan
Nineveh
25
A large hairy, extinct animal related to modern day elephants
woolly mammoth
bison
deer
monkey
26
People during the Neolithic Age began to use animals to transport goods
False
True
27
The land between the Tigris and Eurphrates Rivers
cuneiform
Mesopotamia
ziggurat
pictographs
28
Zoroastraianism is
a government
an art
a marriage
a religion
29
Temple-tower that was the center of Sumerian cities
pictographs
stylus
Sargon
ziggurat
30
People who travel from place to place
nomads
paleolithic
archaeologists
early humans
31
Which was an ancient writing system that involved cutting wedge-shaped marks into clay?
Cuneiform
Cyrillic
Hieroglyphics
Sargon
32
Mixture of tin and copper
silver
bronze
gold
wheel
33
What was Hammurabi's code?
the sun god
the rain god
laws
a disease
34
Causes river levels to drop
drought
stylus
flooding
citystate
35
Old Stone age
wheel
cuneiform
paleolithic
neolithic
36
Mesopotamia is sometimes called the Cradle of Civilization
True
False
37
The Sumerians mainly used cuneiform to
write the world's first dramas and comedies
create complex drawings and love poems
write decrees and challenges to other kingdoms
keep track of taxes and government issues
38
Domesticating animals allowed people to
settle down in one spot
move from place to place
gather more berries
hunt
39
Political units of city and surrounding land
city-state
nobles
ziggurat
nomads
40
Who created and ruled the Babylonian Empire?
Sargon
the sun god
Marduk
Hammurabi
41
Gilgamesh may be the world's most famous Sumerian leader because he
inherited Sargon's empire and made it even larger
conquered vast territories in the Middle East
had his adventures written in poems
ruled for hundreds of years
42
Era when glaciers covered large parts of the earth
Ice Age
New Stone Age
Values
Old Stone Age
43
The fertile crescent got its name because
it was one of the earliest civilizations
the people who lived there had lots of children
it's a land of rich soil that is ideal for agriculture
it's in an arid valley in the Middle East
44
Which discovery made life less difficult for Paleolithic people?
copper
farming
fire
bronze
