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Mesopotamia
Test Description: History Year 1 - Unit 2 - Mesopotamia
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What was one of the great cities in Mesopotamia?
A
Babylon
B
Egypt
C
Ziggurat
D
Mesopotamia City
2) What description is true of Babylon?
A
The city was dirty so the farmer has to plant crops outside the city.
B
All of the farmers planted their crops inside the city walls.
C
Babylon was a very clean city with no trash anywhere!
D
The Ziggurat, or temple, was outside the walls of the city
3) What is one reason civilizations grew up in the fertile crescent?
A
It was easy to grow food there.
B
A lot of people thought it was a mystical place.
C
The kings made people move there.
D
People liked all the attractions there.
4) What helped Mesopotamia become so fertile (meaning it's easy to grow things)?
A
All of the above.
B
There are rivers that give the land water.
C
There is a rainy season that helps water the soil.
D
Two large rivers allow irrigation for farming.
5) What is the name of the ancient Babylonian king we studied?
A
Tutenkamen
B
Hammurabi
C
Ziggurat
D
Pharoh
6) What important contribution to the world did Hammurabi make?
A
He had all the laws written down.
B
He conquered a lot of land and nations.
C
He taught the people how to farm.
D
He wrote the bible.
7) What is Cuneiform?
A
A group on people living in Mesopotamia
B
The first written language.
C
The Babylonian temple
D
An ancient nation.
8) Why is cuneiform considered the first written language and not hieroglyphics?
A
Because hieroglyphics were developed by an extinct people.
B
Because cuneiform and not hieroglyphics have symbols for word sounds.
C
Because cuneiform and not hieroglyphics were written on clay tablets.
D
Because cuneiform was created before hieroglyphics.
9) What 'wonder of the world' is said to be a part of the ziggurat?
A
The great pyramids.
B
The hanging gardens.
C
The Rosetta's stone.
D
The king's palace.
10) The oldest discovered wheel was believed to be made by whom?
A
The Babylonians.
B
The Sumerians.
C
The Egyptians.
D
The Assyrians.
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