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Unit 2: Ancient Mesopotamia
Unit 2: Ancient Mesopotamia
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A test review for ancient Mesopotamia
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1
Why did people struggle for control of the Mesopotamian region?
A stable food supply was possible in the region.
Rivers provided trade routes for local merchants
Deserts in the region protected people from their enemies.
The mountains provided people with valuable minerals.
2
What is the correct order for the creation of city-states in Mesopotamia? Oldest to newest?
Assyria, Babylon, Sumer
Babylon, Sumer, Assyria
Ur, Babylon, Sumer
Sumer, Babylon, Assyria
3
Which term describes the Mesopotamians' religious beliefs in many gods and goddesses?
Christian
Atheist
Polytheistic
Monotheistic
4
Ur, Uruk, Kish, Ninevah, and Babylon are all examples of what?
Mesopotamian Inventions
Mesopotamian Gods
Mesopotamian Kings
Mesopotamian Cities
5
Which statement describes the Epic of Gilgamesh?
It was the first work of Mesopotamian literature.
It was an early Mesopotamian school book.
It was a description of agricultural advances.
It was an early legal code.
6
In Sumer, who would have been responsible for building and maintaining irrigation systems?
Merchant
Slave
King
Farmer
7
In which area of culture did Mesopotamian writing have the most direct impact?
The emergence of religion
The growth of the economy
The development of education
The establishment of the monarchy
8
Which is an effect of the invention of the plow?
Greater food production allowed for the growth of cities.
Astrological studies led to the creation of many inventions.
Religious beliefs increased the production of farmers.
Agricultural inventors rose to the highest level of society.
9
What effect did tools have on the growth of Mesopotamian civilizations?
Tools were made from stone but became more efficient.
Tools made getting food more difficult.
Tools did not advance and support the growth of civilization
Tools were made from metal and became more efficient.
10
Why did the polytheistic religions of Mesopotamia develop?
To honor the diversity of societies
To encourage people to build temples
To allow people explanations for life events
To demonstrate the power of the kingdom to enemies
11
What was the main result of irrigation?
New territorial claims
Increased military conquests
New sources of food and clothing
Increased dust storms and flooding
12
Which conclusion can be drawn about ancient Mesopotamia?
The social class a person belonged to could not change.
A person who was considered property could not be punished.
People were treated differently based on their social class.
People were all treated the same way by the legal system.
13
The Fertile Crescent has had an impact on the Middle East because this area was the site of...
the formation of the state of Israel
the development of early centers of civilization
the first global empire
the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq
14
Sargon conquered and controlled Sumerian city-states, gradually creating the first __________.
Stele
Empire
Written Laws
Irrigation System
15
What were some of the lasting impacts of the Assyrian Empire?
New weapons and new war strategies
New engineering and art
New codes of law and new social sturcture
New food supply and new government
16
A cylinder seal was used for...
Irrigation
Communication
Exercise
A weapon for hunting
17
Which describes the primary responsibility of the scribes?
Writing religious documents
Record keeping and tax collection
Composing poetry
Creating mosaics and sculptures
18
What was the first thing Sumerians accomplished?
Nomadic hunting and gathering
Farming and domestication of animals
Founding new city-states
Trading over long distances
19
Mesopotamia is most remembered for which type of art?
Paintings and Drawings
Sculpture and Architecture
Ceramic Figures
Printed Pictures
20
What principle of justice does Hammurabi's Code represent?
Trial by jury
An eye for an eye
Might makes right
Innocent until proven guilty
21
Why were ziggurats important to the Sumerians?
They offered protection from invaders.
They were built as tombs for the kings.
They were built as temples to honor the gods.
They stored scrolls that documented Mesopotamian history.
22
What is the connection between irrigation and the invention of writing?
A surplus of food allowed people to become Nomadic.
A surplus of food allowed people to specialize.
People had to find a way to record the water levels.
People developed irrigation to grow more papyrus to write on
23
Historians believe that Sumerians invented all of the following except...
Plow
Sail
Wheel
Paper
24
What 2 geographical features provided fertile land that gave rise to city-states in Mesopotamia
Euphrates River and Tigris River
Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf
Zagros Mountains and the Caspian Sea
Tennessee River and the Mississippi River
25
The Code of Hammurabi was a major contribution to the development of civilization because it...
Rejected the principle of filial piety
Treated citizens and slaves equally
Recorded existing laws for all to see
Ended all physical punishment
26
What resources made Mesopotamia a good place for farming to develop?
Trade routes
Wild-growing crops
Fertile soil from the rivers
Iron deposits
