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SS Chapter 3- Vocab. Review
Test Description: Vocabulary Review
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1) Mesopotamia is known as
A
land between the valleys
B
land between the rivers
C
land between the mountains
D
land between the lakes
2) A floodplain is
A
rough land bordering the mountain
B
rough land bordering the river
C
flat land bordering the river
D
flat land bordering the mountain
3) Silt is
A
a food that Sumerians used to eat
B
fertile and good for growing crops
C
not fertile and useless for growing crops
D
a popular tool in Mesopotamia
4) A semiarid climate involves
A
freezing, dry weather
B
wet, cold weather
C
hot, wet weather
D
hot, dry weather
5) A drought is
A
a period when the weather is unchanged
B
a period when not enough rain and snow fall
C
a period when too much rain occurs
D
a period when no crops will grow
6) When there is a surplus of food, there is
A
just enough for people to survive
B
not enough for people to surive
C
more than people need
7) A civilization is an advanced form or
A
culture
B
agriculture
C
religion
D
business
8) Sumer was an ancient region that lies
A
in northern Mesopotamia
B
in easter Mesopotamia
C
in western Mesopotamia
D
in southern Mesopotamia
9) Reglious practices occurred at the
A
ziggurat
B
school
C
city hall
D
river
10) The belief in MANY gods is called
A
polytheism
B
Christianity
C
Judaism
D
monotheism
11) People used bronze because
A
it could turn into liquid faster
B
it was stronger and lasted longer
C
it was bendable and pretty
12) The FIRST form of writing involved the use of
A
wedge-shaped objects
B
pictures and drawings (pictographs)
C
paper and pencil
D
cursive
13) A stylus is
A
A sharpened reed used to press marks into clay
B
A person who records information
C
A fashionable person who wears elegant clothing
D
A clay tablet
14) The type of writing made up of wedge-shaped markings is called
A
cuneiform
B
tablet writing
C
pictographs
D
hieroglyphics
15) A person who specialized in writing and serves as a record keeper was called
A
a scribe
B
a priest
C
a king
D
a teacher
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