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Unit 2 Section 1 Mesopotamia Review
Unit 2 Section 1 Mesopotamia Review
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1
What group of people would NOT be included in the second highest level of society?
Artists
Scribes
Merchants
Priests
2
Sumerians did not have timber or stone, so they built with _________________ and ________________________.
Stone and timber
Stone and wood
Clay and water
Clay and wood
3
People of Sumer did not believe in the afterlife.
True
False
4
Lasting Legacy of Sumer: Babylonians built upon the Sumerian mathematics to develop... (Choose 2)
Algebra and Calculus
Physics and Calculus
Algebra and Geometry
Geometry and Calculus
5
Lasting Legacy of Sumer: What did the Assyrians adopt from the Sumerians?
Cuneiform
Crop-Sharing
Their political system
Their gods
6
Farmers built ____________________ and ____________________ to control seasonal floods.
Walls and dams
Dams and channels
Dams and blockades
Channels and blockades
7
What is the belief in many gods?
Theocracy
Polytheism
Deism
Monotheism
8
The people of early Mesopotamia frequently fought over water.
True
False
9
Mesopotamia was located between what two rivers?
Nile and Euphrates
Tigris and Nile
Tigris and Euphrates
Tigris and Al Khabour
10
Sumerians left a lasting legacy in many ways.
True
False
11
Mesopotamia means ...
By the rivers
Life from the rivers
Between the rivers.
Beyond the rivers
12
Sumerians used basic math and geometry based on 10 just as we do today.
True
False
13
Sumer was divided into several independent ____________ _______________.
City-States
Small towns
Democratic States
Large plantations
14
_________________________________ is a pictographic writing system invented by the Sumerians.
Cuneiform
Meso-Arabic
Hieroglyphics
Cave Art
15
What group of people would be at the absolute lowest level of society?
Captured Slaves
Artists
Scribes
Farmers
16
There is evidence that the Sumerians invented the first _______________.
Temple
Brick
Sled
Wheel
17
Lasting Legacy of Sumer: Sumerians developed...
First written code of laws
Map making
Domestication of animals
Astronomy
18
_____________________________ is when religious leaders also lead the government.
Deocracy
Polydeocracy
Democracy
Theocracy
19
A ____________________________ is a large pyramid type temple which would be located at a city’s center.
Central Temple
Ziggurat
House of Worship
City Temple
20
What group of people would the highest level of society include?
Rulers and Scribes
Priests and Scribes
Rulers and Priests
Merchants and Scribes
21
Lasting Legacy of Sumer: Sumerians developed...
Mathematics
Waterproof Concrete
Physics
Calendars
22
Sumerian rulers were responsible for all of the following
except
...
Overseeing temple services
Maintaining city walls and irrigation systems
Collecting taxes
Record keeping
23
The area around the two rivers was called the _____________________
Sumerian Valley
Fertile Crescent
Sumer
Indus Valley
24
What was the first major civilization in Mesopotamia around 4500 B.C.?
Uruk
Sumer
Kish
Ur
25
Sumerian women never held legal rights and would rarely inherit land.
False
True
26
What group of people would be right above the slaves in society?
Peasant Farmers
Merchants
Artists
Scribes
27
People of Sumer did not quite have the technology to produce fine jewelry and sculptures.
False
True
28
What two Sumarian innovations have had the greatest impact?
Advanced Farming Techniques and Architecture
The Wheel and Advanced Farming Techniques
Cuneiform and the Wheel
Political Structure and Religion
29
Lasting Legacy of Sumer: What greatest written contribution do we have today from the Sumerians?
An epic poem - oldest surviving piece of literature
A record of economic exchanges between the city-states and foreign traders
Knowledge of tax collection system from their records
A collection of temple prayers
30
What Sumarian poem is about a king who travels the world searching for a way to live forever?
The Odyssey
Beowulf
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Illiad
