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Mesopotamia Review
Test Description: This is a test about Mesopotamia - geography, culture, writing, achievements, social structure, and other topics.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Hammurabi was a government leader who was responsible for creating The Code of Hammurabi, a set of ______
A
secret handshakes
B
written stories
C
recipes
D
written laws
2) Mesopotamia was a land between the _____ Rivers
A
Tiger and Elephant
B
Tigris and Euphrates
C
Nile and Ohio
D
Yellow and Blue
3) Cuneiform was the first _____
A
system of irrigation canals
B
system of writing
C
system of battles
D
system of laws and governments
4) The social classes in Mesopotamia had the ___ on the bottom
A
kings
B
farmers
C
priests
D
slaves
5) There were two types of slaves - war prisoners and ____
A
criminals
B
farmers
C
people sold by their families
D
slave families
6) What is polytheism?
A
a ziggurat
B
a belief in many gods
C
a belief in one god
D
a scribe
7) Which principle of justice does the Code of Hammurabi represent?
A
innocent until proven guilty
B
fighting makes it right
C
an eye for an eye
D
trial by jury
8) The ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt were similar in that both cultures
A
established trade routes to China
B
used the ziggurat to form their temples
C
used the hieroglyphic writing system
D
developed along rivers
9) All are true about Mesopotamia EXCEPT
A
There was a city-state called Babylon
B
they used the rivers as a bathroom
C
It was located in the Fertile Crescent
D
Part of it was called Sumer
10) The area around Mesopotamia is called the Fertile Crescent because
A
it is near two rivers that make it looks like a crescent shape
B
it has good soil for growing crops
C
it is shaped like a semi-circle
D
it has land that is good for agriculture and it is shaped like a semi-circle
11) Mesopotamia had a written language. It is called:
A
ziggurat
B
cuneiform
C
scribes
D
hieroglyphics
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