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Mesopotamia Common Assessment Multiple Choice: Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Which sequence of events shows how Mesopotamia developed? A People formed divisions of labor. The population grew. Agriculture was the basis of the society. B People built cities. People grew crops. People built canals. C People made laws. People moved to villages and cities. People lived where crops could grow. D People settled where crops could grow. The population grew. Villages and cities formed. 2) Compared to the laws of the United States, Hammurabi’s code seems to have very harsh punishments, which of the following would be a logical explanation for this? A Hammurabi was a King who wanted to maintain order in society B Mesopotamians were not as intelligent as modern Americans C Hammurabi needed to have harsh punishments to keep the population from attacking him. D Hammurabi had prisons in which to put prisoners in 3) Which of the following best describes cuneiform? A a form of writing using hieroglyphics B a form of writing using wedge-shaped symbols C a form of writing using complex ideas such as “joy D a form of writing using proverbs and songs 4) Sumerians enjoyed music. Kings and temples hired musicians to play on special occasions. Music and dance provided entertainment in marketplaces and homes. What can you infer from this text? A Playing instruments was common in Sumerian society. B Music performances were common in Sumerian society. C Only dance was done by royalty. D Sumerian civilization included leisure activities such as enjoying music. 5) Hammurabi’s code of laws is similar to the U.S Constitution because A C All people have basic rights Written by the king/president B D Written in the same language Written to protect upper class citizens 6) Why were Sumerian settlements known as city-states? A C Each settlement served the Sumerian Each settlement had their own irrigation Empire system B D Each settlement had its own ruler and Each settlement recorded the empire’s farmland history 7) Crops grew well in Mesopotamia because A farmland was fertile and water was nearby. B the land was in mountainous areas. C the area was near the ocean water supply. D the area received adequate rainfall. 8) Which of the following is an invention created by Mesopotamians that allowed for our modern Agricultural system to develop? A Organized Armies B Irrigation C Music D The Sailboat 9) Which of the following would be an appropriate punishment for kicking another student at our school if we followed Hammurabi’s examples for punishments? A Expulsion from school forever B A fine of $50 for the student C Throw the student in the school jail for 3 months D Cut the students foot off 10) The early Mesopotamian economy was one in which goods and services are exchanged without money being involved, what is this type of economy called? A selling B exchanging C Bartering D Trade 11) Who served as a role between the Sumerians and the gods? A C farmers warriors B D merchants Kings/Priests 12) Which two land features gave Mesopotamia its name? A the Fertile Crescent and the Mediterranean Sea B the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea C the northern plateau and the southern plateau D the Tigris River and the Euphrates River 13) You are a farmer in ancient Mesopotamia and you grow 500 bushels a year. Your family uses 300 bushels a year. What do you have? A C a surplus of 200 bushels a surplus of 500 bushels B D a surplus of 300 bushels a surplus of 800 bushels 14) Which statement best represents the development of a civilization? A People rely on hunting and gathering because it is the only way to survive. B The development of cities led to inventions like irrigation. C People prefer government jobs to life as a farmer. D If there is a stable food supply, people can develop a complex civilization. 15) Which is an inference about why city-states fought each other over complex irrigation systems? A Each city-state owned crops that had been destroyed by natural causes. B Each city-state had only one skill, which was farming. C Each city-state wanted to build walls around its farms. D Each city-state wanted to have enough resources to grow a surplus amount of food. 16) What purpose did the wall around a city serve? A to protect inhabitants of the city-state from attack B to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland C to keep the poor out of the city D to keep people from moving to another city-state 17) The Mesopotamians plow is most like the modern-day A C chariot tractor. B D car. tire. 18) Our modern transportation system in the United States could not have been created without which of the following Mesopotamian advancements or inventions? A C the sailboat the wheel B D mathematics the plow 19) What was the relationship between trade and the spread of the Cuneiform alphabet? A C They traded their knowledge of the Cuneiform was spread along their trade alphabet for goods and services they routes. needed. B D Trade increased in places where the They would trade only with people who alphabet was not used. could write in cuneiform. 20) What was the purpose of the ziggurat? A so architects could display their work B to serve as a government building C D so they could be easily found to honor their gods 21) Scribes had power in Sumerian society. What can you conclude from this? A C People who could read and write were All scribes came from the lower class. important. B D Scribes invented Hieroglyphics All scribes came from the middle class. 22) Sumerians used levees to A keep water away from neighboring citystates. B control the flooding in the valley. C D make ponds where they could wash clothes. create waterfalls so they had water power. 23) What happened when people from many villages use Sumerian irrigation systems? A Cities had to have moats for storing water C People in the villages had to develop a outside their walls. language they could all speak. B D Cities had to limit the number of people People in the villages had to work together who could have farms. to take care of the system. 24) What made it harder to live in Sumer than in the Zagros foothills? A Sumer lacked natural barriers to keep out C Sumer had many stones that needed to be enemies. cleared from farmland. B Sumer had many hills that made farming D Sumer lacked strong people to build difficult. canals. 25) Ancient Sumerians invented irrigation systems and plows. What did these 2 inventions help provide? A C a system of government a stable food supply B D a partner with whom to trade an honor for the gods 26) What evidence shows that Sumerian society developed after the Stone Age? A C mud houses wooden plows B D painted pottery copper blades 27) Which statement shows how Sumerian religion and government were connected? A C Sumerians believed that merchants sold Sumerians recorded their prayers on clay goods for the king. tablets. B Sumerians believed that the king got their D Sumerians recorded the movements of the powers from the gods. planets. 28) What evidence shows that the Mesopotamians were not prehistoric? A C ziggurats irrigation ditches B D statues Hammurabi’s Code 29) What change, caused by farming in the Zagros Mountains, led people to move South? A C population increase and there wasn’t climate changed and it got too dry to keep enough food available living there B people fought & needed to find new place D soil got overused, and plants could no to live longer grow there 30) Whose duty was it to do these jobs: build temples, lead the army, enforce laws and maintain the irrigation system? A C king’s scribes’ B D priests’ governors’ 31) What solution did people in the Zagros foothills find to fix the problem of food shortages? A B built terraces moved to river valley C D constructed reservoirs Joined villages together 32) Why did rivers flood in the spring? A B heavy rains fell in the area strong winds blew in from the Persian Gulf C D ice in river broke into bits snow and ice melted in the mountains 33) A blue stone called lapis lazuli, used on the Standard of Ur, came from far beyond the Zagros Mountains. This shows that the city-states of Sumer engaged in A B trade mining C D agriculture jewelry-making 34) Why was silt a problem for the people of Sumer? A B it dries up rivers it crumbled city walls C D it ruined the soil for planting it clogged irrigation canals 35) What was the purpose of dams and reservoirs A B To allow travel by boat To make it easier to fish C D To store water for later use To protect villages from attack