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Mesopotamia & The Fertile Crescent
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Review questions for 6th grade Mesopotamia test
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1
Which of these did the Mesopotamians NOT invent?
bronze
wheel
cuneiform
fire
2
What was the most important geographical feature to live near in ancient times?
Deserts
Forests
Water
Mountains
3
Of all the FC civilizations, which government had the most similarities to the modern USA?
Canaan
Assyria
Babylon
Sumer
4
"Urban" is to "city" as "____________" is to "countryside"
irrigation
urban
rural
farming
5
Which rivers are included in the Fertile Crescent? (Two correct answers)
Euphrates
Tigris
Nile
Tiber
6
Which word means "land between the rivers"?
Mesopotamia
Euphrates & Tigris
Fertile Crescent
canal
7
Which Babylonian king spent huge amounts of money in creating a beautiful Babylon?
Sargon
Gilgamesh
Nebuchadnezzar II
Hammurabi
8
What does the image show?
cuneiform: lines & wedges
Mesopotamia: the land between 2 rivers
Social hierarchy: who is in charge
division of labor: different jobs for different abilities
9
What advanced technology did the Hittites and Assyrians use to win battles?
iron weapons and chariots
crossbows and arrows
battering rams and muskets
fire and chariots
10
A series of lines and wedges that was the first form of writing is called
alphabet
instagram
letters
cuneiform
11
What is a synonym for "countryside"?
urban
irrigation
surplus
rural
12
What is a man-made waterway called?
river
canal
surplus
irrigation
13
True or False? The Sumerians invented the first phonetic alphabet.
FALSE
Blank
TRUE
Blank
14
Who was at the TOP of the Mesopotamian social hierarchy?
priests
king
farmers
skilled workers
15
Why is Hammurabi's written Code of Laws still considered important today?
Laws & rules help organize a civilization.
To prove that men should be in charge.
It shows that people were intelligent back then.
The laws help us understand how not to run an empire.
16
When everyone farms, you can have more than enough food. This is called a _______
irrigation
farmer
surplus
famine
17
What's the name for the mixture of soil and tiny rocks?
irrigation
canal
cuneiform
silt
18
What word means the belief in ONE god?
monarch
atheism
monotheism
polytheism
19
How many civilizations were there in the land known as "Mesopotamia"?
4
3
2
5
20
A king, known as __________, was part of a famous epic myth of the same name.
Nebuchadnezzar
Hammurabi
Gilgamesh
Sargon
21
Phoenicians became expert ________________ because of their desire to trade.
farmers
warriors
scribes
sailors
22
Which civilization believed that astrology had a direct effect on human life?
The Assyrians
The Canaanites
The Sumerians
The Babylonians
23
When we have more clothes than we need, and we should give some away, we have a
rural
division of labor
surplus
closet
24
Which order of dates is correct to appear on a timeline? (Starting from left to right.)
None of these answers are correct
3100 BC, 3050 BC, 101 BC, 0, 101 AD, 350 AD, 2014 AD
101 BC, 3050 BC, 3100 BC, 0, 101 AD, 350 AD, 2014 AD
3100 AD, 3050 AD, 101 AD, 0, 101 BC, 350 BC, 2014 BC
25
The Assyrian Empire grew wealthy predominantly (mostly) from
captured cities & farming
taxes collected from defeated people & cities they captured
trade and commerce
stealing and looting
