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