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Mesopotamia Unit Review
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This Quiz is a review of ancient civilizations, specifically Mesopotamia.
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1
Which people did the Chaldeans conquer in creating their empire?
the Akkadians
the Assyrians
the Medes
the Persians
2
Where did most Sumerians live after about 3000 B.C.?
in small villages
in city-states
in provinces
in ziggurats
3
What name have historians given to the land that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
Arabia
Mesopotamia
the Fertile Crescent
Egypt
4
The ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia arose in an area of what present-day country?
Turkey
Egypt
Iran
Iraq
5
Ashurbanipal led which empire, which also built a library with approximately 30,000 tablets?
Babylonians
Akkadians
Chaldeans
Assyrians
6
Which group of people was in the middle class of Sumerian society?
farmers
priests
large landowners
government officials
7
Who had the most power in Sumerian society?
priests
farmers
merchants
artisans
8
Why do historians consider Sumer the first "civilization"?
They engaged in trade.
They lived in Mesopotamia.
They farmed land.
They invented the wheel.
9
The world's first empire was created by...
Cyrus
Sargon
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar
10
City-states were governed by kings, who were thought to have been given their power by
the priests
the gods
the emperor
Sargon
11
Flooding rivers enrich the areas around them by depositing ______ on the land.
salt water
oil
silt
fish
12
What was the main building material of ancient Sumerians?
wood
bronze
stone
mud
13
Why were the Assyrians so successful in defeating armies that opposed them?
They had a huge empire.
The fought with iron weapons.
They enslaved the people they captured.
They had more soldiers than their enemies.
14
What word best describes the land in the floodplain of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?
fertile
wet
sandy
rocky
15
Keeping official records in Sumerian Society was the job of
merchants
women
scribes
priests
16
Farmers created an _________________ system of canals to carry water from rivers to fields.
irrigation
agriculture
bronze tools
building
17
What is the correct order in which the following civilizations ruled over the Fertile Crescent?
Babylonians, Assyrians, Chaldeans
Akkadians, Sumerians, Assyrians
Assyrians, Akkadians, Sumerians
Chaldeans, Babylonians, Assyrians
18
Hammurabi's Code was mainly intended to bring ______ to people in the Babylonian Empire.
punishment
education
justice
obedience
19
Why did Sumerians initially develop the world's first writing system?
to keep business records
to praise their king
to honor the gods
to remember history
20
Because they worshipped many gods, the Sumerians are said to have practiced
animal sacrifices
monotheism
polytheism
Hinduism
21
The first writing system the Sumerians developed used a system of symbols called
cuneiforms
proverbs
ziggurats
pictographs
22
At the top of the upper classes of Sumer were
artisans and merchants
artisans and priests
kings and priests
kings and merchants
23
Mesopotamians had a crop _______, which allowed them to engage in trade.
loss
harvest
failure
surplus
24
What was the main purpose of a ziggurat?
religious services
to mark the center of the city
a place to go during times of attack
a central marketplace
25
What ruler created a set of written laws to help him rule his empire?
Sargon
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar
Cyrus
26
Which was NOT an invention from Mesopotamia?
a base 10 number system
the wheel
the plow
the loom
