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Mesopotamia
Test Description: Ch 3 Review
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1) The land between the Tigris and the Euphrates is called
A
Mesopotamia
B
Egypt
C
Syria
D
Arabia
2) For what purpose did the Sumerians first develop writing?
A
To remember their history
B
To honor their gods
C
To praise the king
D
to keep business records
3) Why were the Sumerians able to develop different kinds of job skills?
A
Periods of peace freed soldiers from military service
B
population growth increased the number of people
C
Food surpluses allowed people to do work other than farm
D
priests started schools to train workers
4) Who had the most power in Sumerian society?
A
farmers
B
priests
C
artisans
D
merchants
5) Which of the following did the Sumerians invent?
A
the wheel
B
indoor plumbing
C
shoes
D
paper
6) Which of these descriptions best defines city-state?
A
a big city with a large population
B
a small country ruled by a king
C
a city and its surrounding farmland
D
a large region containing many small towns and cities
7) The writing system developed my the Sumerians using wedge-shaped symbols is called
A
sanskrit
B
ziggurats
C
cuneiform
D
hieroglyphics
8) Because they worshipped many gods, the Sumerians are said to have practiced
A
hinduism
B
monotheism
C
animal sacrifice
D
polytheism
9) Flooding rivers enrich the areas around them by depositing ________ on the land
A
oil
B
silt
C
salt water
D
fish
10) Keeping official records in Sumer was the job of
A
merchants
B
women
C
scribes
D
a priests
11) Irrigation is most closely defined as
A
a building made with mud
B
moving water from one place to another
C
people who do not live in cities
D
a type of writing that used pictures to represent words
12) The mesopotamians lived
A
in isolation
B
in cities
C
on a mountain
D
nomadic lives
13) The Sumerians developed tools made from
A
clay
B
iron
C
steel
D
bronze
14) Mesopotamia literally means
A
The land of surplus
B
The land of good farming
C
The land between two rivers
D
The land of many floods
15) The sumerians wrote on what material?
A
wood
B
paper
C
papyrus
D
clay
16) The building used in the Sumerians religion was called a:
A
ziggurat
B
Pictograph
C
tower
D
pyramid
17) The definition of surplus is
A
a job that requires special skills
B
living in cities
C
moving water from place to place
D
having more than you need
18) Mesopotamia is located in what area of the world
A
Africa
B
The Middle East
C
Europe
D
North America
19) This describes the climate of Mesopotamia
A
arctic
B
tropical
C
semiarid
D
desert
20) This is the flat land next to a river
A
mountain
B
gulf
C
floodplain
D
valley
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