Chapter 3 Review Part I Question Preview (ID: 33531)


Review Part 1 Of Mesopotamia Chapter Test. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

What term does not relate to the others?
a) scribe
b) cuneiform
c) calendar
d) pictograph

What term does not relate to the others?
a) Assyrian
b) Chaldeans
c) Nebuchadnezzar
d) Hittites

What term does not relate to the others?
a) irrigate
b) social hierarchy
c) rivers
d) canals

What term does not relate to the others?
a) pictograph
b) cuneiform
c) alphabet
d) sewer

What term does not relate to the others?
a) Hammurabi
b) Chaldean
c) Babylon
d) empire

What was the purpose of the wall around a city?
a) To protect the citizens from attack
b) To protect the citizens from floods
c) To collect water that could be used to irrigate
d) To keep people from moving to another city-state

What term does not relate to the others?
a) Gilgamesh
b) Hammurabi
c) Nebuchadnezzar
d) plow

What was considered the basis of Sumerian’s public and private lives?
a) religion
b) Gilgamesh
c) urban
d) city-state

The Sumerian plow is most like the modern-day
a) scissor
b) car
c) tire
d) tractor

Who served between the Sumerians and the gods?
a) farmers
b) priests
c) war chiefs
d) political leaders

What is the difference between a canal and a river?
a) Canals are used as trade routes. Rivers are used for irrigation.
b) Canals mark borders of a civilization. Rivers divide regions of a civilization.
c) People settle along canals. People do not settle along rivers.
d) Canals are made by people. Rivers are natural physical land features.

Which two land features gave Mesopotamia its name?
a) Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf
b) Fertile Crescent and Mediterranean Sea
c) northern plateau and souther plateau
d) Tigris River and Euphrates River

Which statement is an inference about why city-states fought each other for farmland?
a) Each city-state had only one skill, which was fighting.
b) Each city-state wanted to build walls around its farmland.
c) Each city-state wanted enough farmland to grow food for their people.
d) Each city-state owned crops that had been destroyed by natural causes.

Which is the BEST explanation for why Mesopotamians built canals?
a) They needed a way to control the river’s flow.
b) They needed a way to control flooding.
c) They needed a way to control droughts.
d) They needed a way to control the surplus.

People came to work as craftsmen in Mesopotamia because of
a) cattle and sheep herding
b) government rules
c) division of labor
d) flooding

Crops grew well in Mesopotamia because
a) the land was in mountainous areas.
b) the area received rain.
c) farmland was fertile and water was nearby.
d) the area was near seawater.

What term does not relate to the others?
a) ziggurat
b) architecture
c) Sumerians
d) Assyrians

What term does not relate to the others?
a) Social Hieracrhy
b) Priests
c) Division of Labor
d) Kings

What term does not relate to the others?
a) monarch
b) empire
c) chariot
d) king

What term does not relate to the others?
a) sewer
b) plow
c) calendar
d) car

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