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Mesopotamia Review
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Vocabulary review quiz for a unit on Ancient Mesopotamia.
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1
Where is the Mediterranean Sea?
D
B
A
C
2
A person specially trained to read and write
scribe
priest
king
merchant
3
Where is Mesopotamia
A
C
B
D
4
A type of government with a religious leader
empire
theocracy
city-state
democracy
5
The belief in more than one god
ziggurat
cuneiform
theocracy
polytheism
6
Why did the first civilizations develop in river valleys?
River valleys had fresh water and rich sil
Humans could not live in East Africa any longer.
The mountains already had many people living there
Most people wanted to live along the Mediterranean coast
7
What is this?
ziggurat
Hammurabi's Code
cuneiform
irrigation system
8
Why did Sumerians build their cities out of clay bricks?
Bricks kept the buildings cooler.
Bricks were stronger than wood.
Bricks were easier to use than stone.
They did not have other building materials.
9
Where is the Red Sea?
A
C
D
B
10
The name for a Mesopotamian temple.
ziggurat
polytheism
scribe
cuneiform
11
What was one of Sumer's most valuable products?
diamonds
gold
wheat
cedar trees
12
Where is Egypt?
D
A
B
C
13
What is this?
Hammurabi's Code
city-state
cuneiform
ziggurat
14
Wedge-shaped Sumerian writing
city-state
cuneiform
scribe
ziggurat
15
What is polytheism?
belief that it is okay to have many wives
belief that your soul has an afterlife
belief in many gods
a belief in one main god
16
What is this?
ziggurat
empire
cuneiform
city-state
17
What is this?
scribe
pictograms
irrigation
cuneiform
18
What modern country is located where ancient Sumer used to be?
Iraq
Israel
Turkey
Egypt
19
What is another name for an independent city and its surrounding land?
kingdom
empire
colony
city-state
20
What is shaded on this map?
Mesopotamia
Egypt
Sumer
Fertile Crescent
