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Chapter 3 Review Part I
Test Description: Review Part 1 of Mesopotamia Chapter test
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Crops grew well in Mesopotamia because
A
the area received rain.
B
farmland was fertile and water was nearby.
C
the area was near seawater.
D
the land was in mountainous areas.
2) People came to work as craftsmen in Mesopotamia because of
A
government rules
B
cattle and sheep herding
C
division of labor
D
flooding
3) Which is the BEST explanation for why Mesopotamians built canals?
A
They needed a way to control flooding.
B
They needed a way to control droughts.
C
They needed a way to control the river’s flow.
D
They needed a way to control the surplus.
4) Which statement is an inference about why city-states fought each other for farmland?
A
Each city-state wanted enough farmland to grow food for their people.
B
Each city-state wanted to build walls around its farmland.
C
Each city-state had only one skill, which was fighting.
D
Each city-state owned crops that had been destroyed by natural causes.
5) Which two land features gave Mesopotamia its name?
A
northern plateau and souther plateau
B
Fertile Crescent and Mediterranean Sea
C
Tigris River and Euphrates River
D
Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf
6) What is the difference between a canal and a river?
A
People settle along canals. People do not settle along rivers.
B
Canals are used as trade routes. Rivers are used for irrigation.
C
Canals are made by people. Rivers are natural physical land features.
D
Canals mark borders of a civilization. Rivers divide regions of a civilization.
7) Who served between the Sumerians and the gods?
A
priests
B
farmers
C
war chiefs
D
political leaders
8) What was considered the basis of Sumerian’s public and private lives?
A
religion
B
Gilgamesh
C
city-state
D
urban
9) The Sumerian plow is most like the modern-day
A
car
B
tire
C
scissor
D
tractor
10) What was the purpose of the wall around a city?
A
To protect the citizens from floods
B
To protect the citizens from attack
C
To keep people from moving to another city-state
D
To collect water that could be used to irrigate
11) What term does not relate to the others?
A
Hammurabi
B
Nebuchadnezzar
C
plow
D
Gilgamesh
12) What term does not relate to the others?
A
sewer
B
cuneiform
C
pictograph
D
alphabet
13) What term does not relate to the others?
A
Babylon
B
empire
C
Chaldean
D
Hammurabi
14) What term does not relate to the others?
A
irrigate
B
canals
C
social hierarchy
D
rivers
15) What term does not relate to the others?
A
pictograph
B
scribe
C
calendar
D
cuneiform
16) What term does not relate to the others?
A
Nebuchadnezzar
B
Chaldeans
C
Assyrian
D
Hittites
17) What term does not relate to the others?
A
ziggurat
B
Sumerians
C
architecture
D
Assyrians
18) What term does not relate to the others?
A
Division of Labor
B
Kings
C
Social Hieracrhy
D
Priests
19) What term does not relate to the others?
A
king
B
empire
C
chariot
D
monarch
20) What term does not relate to the others?
A
plow
B
calendar
C
car
D
sewer
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