Mesopotamia Question Preview (ID: 33499)

a) The city-states united together

b) They had a written language.

c) They had an irrigation system.

d) The city-states were not united.

a) Plow and irrigation system

b) Chariot and wheel

c) Cuneiform and steles

d) Ziggurats and scribes

a) It had a written language, government and social structure.

b) It was established between two rivers and had fertile soil.

c) It used tools made from stone and no longer farmed.

d) It had one leader who ruled the entire territory.

a) There is a greater need for domestication

b) There is a greater chance of conflict

c) There are more opportunities for advancements

d) There are more opportunities for migrating

a) Problems and solutions resulted in cooperation between villages

b) Problems and solutions resulted in division between social groups

c) Problems and solutions resulted in the specialization of the workers

d) Problems and solutions resulted in the formation of empires

a) It was easier for people to read and write.

b) Trade routes opened up from Rome to the cities of China.

c) The Code of Hammurabi Code was declared useless for the average person.

d) No one ever used cuneiform again.

a) Sargon

b) Hammurabi

c) Eannatum

d) Nebuchadnezzar

a) They needed a way to control the river’s flow to prevent flooding and increase farming.

b) They needed a way to control water so people could wash their clothes.

c) They needed a way to control low water levels.

d) They needed a way to control the surplus.

a) recorded history

b) Subsistence farming

c) oral traditions

d) painting and sculpture

a) Build permanent homes

b) Migrate to different areas

c) Use fire

d) Do cave paintings

a) People of lower social class had harsher punishments.

b) All people were given equal punishments.

c) Slave's punishments were less harsh than others.

d) Social class did not determine punishment.

a) Farmers could plant faster, helping them plant larger areas and grow extra grain for traders to sell.

b) Many farmers who had learned metalworking to make plows also made other metal goods for traders to sell.

c) Farmers could plant faster, so they had more free time to go to markets and buy from traders.

d) Farmers who bought plows from traders found their new tools so helpful that they later bought many other goods from trade

a) The city of Ur had temples dedicated to worshipping the goddess Ishtar and the god Enki.

b) Mesopotamian government was centered on the city‐state.

c) Goods made in India and Egypt were brought to Mesopotamia by traders.

d) The Sumerian story of the Great Flood is similar to the Bible story about Noah’s Ark.

a) The rivers provided a source of fresh water and farmland.

b) The rivers aided in the exploration of new territories.

c) The river valleys provided areas for recreation

d) The rivers provided power for all types of industries.

a) They notified more people of important feast days, which brought visitors and increased wealth to the cities.

b) hey helped farmers plan their crops to avoid floods, which allowed them to grow more food and to feed more people in the citi

c) They caused people who believed that the astronomers who created calendars could predict the future to move closer to the cit

d) They helped leaders to predict when neighboring armies would attack, and defend the cities, allowing them to grow

a) It fell apart.

b) It became wealthy.

c) It had lots of trade.

d) It had many resources.

a) Determined leadership

b) Limited resources

c) Resulted in conflict

d) Set restrictions on rights