Neolithic Revolution and Ancient Mesopotamia Test Review

Question 1

Land that is very good for growing things could be called ____________ .

Accepted Answer

fertile

Question 2

Who is this?

Accepted Answer

Inanna

Question 3

All of the time before writing was invented was called _________ .

Accepted Answer

prehistoric

Question 4

Which one is NOT an advantage of living in a civilization?

Accepted Answer

the need for a better water supply

Question 5

During early times in Sumer, the leader was a ____________ .

Accepted Answer

priest

Question 6

The Great Ziggurat of Ur inspired what famous story?

Accepted Answer

Jacob's Ladder

Question 7

Where do we believe that the Neolithic Revolution began?

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamia

Question 8

What language is being represented here?

Accepted Answer

cuneiform

Question 9

Hammurabi's code dealt mostly with crime and punishments, but it also included laws about...

Accepted Answer

taxes and trading

Question 10

At first,Mesopotamians built small city-states, but they eventually grew into very large _____.

Accepted Answer

empires

Question 11

Innanna was the Sumerian goddess of __________ .

Accepted Answer

love and war

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT one of the two rivers found in Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

Indus

Question 13

What could be found in the center of each Sumerian city-state?

Accepted Answer

ziggurat

Question 14

Mesopotamia was located in what PRESENT DAY country?

Accepted Answer

Iraq

Question 15

What was the name of the first ever set of written laws and rules?

Accepted Answer

Hammurabi's Code

Question 16

The Neolithic Revolution describes when humans discovered how to ______________ .

Accepted Answer

farm

Question 17

Sumerian dieties could best be described as _____________ .

Accepted Answer

cruel and indifferent

Question 18

What is this building called?

Accepted Answer

ziggurat

Question 19

The Mesopotamians believed in many gods. This could be referred to as __________ .

Accepted Answer

polytheism

Question 20

The invention that allowed Sumerians to bring water to their field was called _______ .

Accepted Answer

irrigation

Question 21

About how many years ago did the Neolithic Revolution begin?

Accepted Answer

12,000 years

Question 22

On what type of land did the earliest civilizations begin?

Accepted Answer

river valleys

Question 23

Identify the capital of ancient Sumer.

Accepted Answer

Ur

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