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Mesopotamia & Ancient Egypt Unit Test REVIEW
Part I: Map Skills (1 point each) On the test, you’ll answer questions based on the map.
1. Highlight the following bodies of
water: Euphrates River, Tigris
River, Persian Gulf,
Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, and
Nile River. What conclusions
can you draw after identifying
these bodies of water?
2. Label the TALDOGS on this map.
3. Find the latitude and longitude
points of 3 different cities.
4. Find 2 locations on the map and
measure the distance between
them. Use the scale. Repeat
this step 3 times using different
locations.
5. What surrounds the Fertile
Crescent and Nile Valley?
Part II: Mesopotamia Matching (1 point each) On the test, you’ll use a word bank to complete sentences.
1. Civilizations- people who share a common set of laws, language, government, and writing.
2. Ziggurat – large temples built for the gods
3. Euphrates – a river that runs through W. Asia (Fertile Crescent) and irrigates the land
4. Tigris – a river that runs through W. Asia (Fertile Crescent) and irrigates the land
5. Sumerians – the people of Mesopotamia were called this
6.
Hammurabi – a famous Mesopotamian who had a code that he and his people followed
7.
Fertile Crescent – the region of the world where water and fertile soil are plenty, even
though they are surrounded by desert
8.
Cuneiform – an ancient written language based on wedged-shapes
9.
Mesopotamia – one of the earliest known civilizations
Mesopotamia & Ancient Egypt Unit Test REVIEW
Part III: Ancient Egypt Multiple Choice (1 point each) These are multiple choice on the test.
Describe farming in Egypt.
Farming was abundant because the ground had silt, a thick, black mud left by the seasonal floods.
Explain the following contributions of Ancient Egypt:
Language – They had a written language of hieroglyphics used to communicate.
Water System – The seasonal floods were used to irrigate, build, and to help farm.
Pyramids – These were built to honor the pharaohs, along with tombs and temples.
Mummification – This process preserved the bodies of pharaohs for the afterlife.
List three reasons why the Nile River is considered a “gift to the people of Egypt.”
1. Provides water for irrigation, used by Egyptian farmers.
2. Seasonal floods brought in silt, fertilizing the soil.
3. It served as a transportation route.
4. Water Source and food
Part IV: Mesopotamia and Egypt
True/False (1 point each) On the test, there will be statements that you will have to identify as True or False.
Seasonal floods - Meso and Egypt had fertile soil because of these.
Water and soil – Civilizations set up in Meso/Egypt because of these two things.
Trade – All of the bodies of water allowed for lots of trade in Egypt and Meso.
Judaism –First monotheistic, holy book is the Torah
Identify (1 point each) On the test, you’ll have a list of inventions. You’ll need to label them “M” if they
were developed in Mesopotamia or “E” for Egypt.
Mesopotamia
Cuneiform
Ziggurat
Plow
Wheel
Egypt
Pyramids
Mummification
Hieroglyphics