Download Review Sheet for Mesopotamia

Review Sheet for Mesopotamia
Answer the following questions on this sheet of paper or attach a sheet of loose-leaf. You do not need
to write in complete sentences.
1.
On what continent is Mesopotamia located?
2.
What helped make the Fertile Crescent fertile?
3.
What present day countries make up the Fertile Crescent?
4.
Name the two rivers in the Mesopotamia?
5.
Name two ways the Mesopotamians controlled flooding.
6.
Name five types of foods that Mesopotamians grew.
7.
Name two types of animals that are raised?
8.
Where did these animals primarily live?
9.
What is the ziggurat?
10. Who was the only person allowed in the ziggurat?
11. Where was the ziggurat located?
12. Where did the farmers and slaves live? Why?
13. What surrounded a Mesopotamian city-state?
14. Name two Mesopotamian city-states.
15. Where is Akkad located?
16. Where is Assyria located?
17. Cuneiform is?
18. How many symbols make up the language?
19. Each city-state had their own what?
20. What job did most Mesopotamians have?
21. How many gods did the Mesopotamians worship?
22. Who is Hammurabi?
23. The Code of Hammurabi contains how many laws?
24. Under the Hammurabi Code of Laws, what would happen is a freeman broke an arm of
another freeman?
25. List two other laws in the Code of Hammurabi.
26. What is retribution?
27. List five things that were invented in Mesopotamia?
28. What types of material were the city-states built out of? Why?
29. Who is Gilgamesh?
30. Who was Humbaba?
31. Who was Enkidu?
32. How was Enkidu created?
33. Where did Humbaba live?
34. What city state was Gilgamesh the king/priest of?
35. Who was the god of the city-state Uruk?
36. Who is Shamash and why did Gilgamesh’s mom pray to him?
37. Who is Ursanabi?
38. Who is Utnapishtim?
39. Why was Gilgamesh looking for Utnapishtim?
40. Explain the two ways Gilgamesh could have gained eternal life.
41. List the 7 social classes in their correct order.
42. Describe what a man would look like and wear in Mesopotamia.
43. Describe what a woman would look like and wear in Mesopotamia.