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