Please help me! MOCK Mesopotamia Test

Directions: Write the letter of the best answer on the line.

1) The ancient Sumerians achieved a stable food supply by
a. creating an irrigation system
b. giving up farming for other occupations
c. harvesting crops only once a year
d. none of the above

3) Canal building and the construction of ziggurats were possible because of
a. good sewer systems
b. Gilgamesh
c. stable food supply

4) A stable food supply enabled people to leave farming and take on
a. specialized jobs/professions
b. yoga
c. pyramid building

7) A city-state most likely included a ziggurat, people’s homes, and
a. surrounding farmland
b. wetlands
c. caribou farms
d. desert

8) Who did Hammurabi claim helped him write his laws?
a. government officials
b. priests
c. gods
d. caribou

9) There was an epic that told the story of this superhero.
a. Sargon
b. Gilgamesh
c. Ishtar
d. Hammurabi

10) Cuneiform was based on an earlier, simpler form of writing called
a. hieroglyphs
b. pictographs
c. stylus
d. none of the above

11) Which one of the inventions listed below came from Mesopotamia?
bow and arrow
telescope
wheel
bridges

12) Music, metalworking, architecture are all examples of
fun
worship
art

Directions: Write the letter of the word that best matches the description. Words may be used more than once or not at all.

A. cuneiform B. empire
C. Mesopotamia D. irrigation
E. upper class F. middle class
G. lower class H. ziggurat
I. rainfall J. Sumer
K. Cyrus L. priests
M. Zagros Mountains N. wheel
O. plow P. scribe
Q. economy R. Assyrian Empire
S. Sargon T. Hammurabi
U. Nebuchadrezzar V. clay
W. Babylonian Empire X. Neo-Babylonian Empire
Y. silt Z. polytheism

13. it was the region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers where Sumer originated

14. first civilization

15. he made the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

16. large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader of government

17. technological achievement to used in carts and chariots

18. he created the first empire

19. was used to prepare the soil for planting

20. clogged irrigation canals

21. act of supplying dry lands with water by means of canals, levees, and reservoirs

22. king, government officials, important priests

23. means “land between the two rivers”

24. soil was made mostly of this

Directions: Write the letter of the word that best matches the description. Words may be used more than once or not at all.

A. cuneiform B. empire
C. Mesopotamia D. irrigation
E. upper class F. middle class
G. lower class H. ziggurat
I. rainfall J. Sumer
K. Cyrus L. priests
M. Zagros Mountains N. wheel
O. plow P. scribe
Q. economy R. Assyrian Empire
S. Sargon T. Hammurabi
U. Nebuchadrezzar V. clay
W. Babylonian Empire X. Neo-Babylonian Empire
Y. silt Z. polytheism

25. This image shows wedge-shaped characters called cuneiform.

26. This structure was called ziggurat.

27. wasn’t sufficient enough to water the crops

28. interpreted what they believed the gods and goddesses wished

Directions: Write the letter of the word that best matches the description. Words may be used more than once or not at all.

A. cuneiform B. empire
C. Mesopotamia D. irrigation
E. upper class F. middle class
G. lower class H. ziggurat
I. rainfall J. Sumer
K. Cyrus L. priests
M. Zagros Mountains N. wheel
O. plow P. scribe
Q. economy R. Assyrian Empire
S. Sargon T. Hammurabi
U. Nebuchadrezzar V. clay
W. Babylonian Empire X. Neo-Babylonian Empire
Y. silt Z. polytheism

29. he created a code of laws that looked like this:

30. farmers, fisherman, artisans

32. he believed he was given his authority from the gods

33. they used siege warfare

34. agriculture and trade flourished during this empire

35. skilled in mathematics and astronomy

36. Sumerians worshipped many gods. This practice is called ___.