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Mesopotamia
Review
1. ON WHAT DID SUMERIAN
FARMERS DEPEND IN ORDER TO
GROW CROPS?
A. Heavy rains that fell across the region
B. Floods caused by heavy rains during spring
C. Snow in distant mountains that they
brought to the fields
D. Canals they built to bring river water to their
fields
1. ON WHAT DID SUMERIAN
FARMERS DEPEND IN ORDER TO
GROW CROPS?
A. Heavy rains that fell across the region
B. Floods caused by heavy rains during spring
C. Snow in distant mountains that they
brought to the fields
D. Canals they built to bring river water to their
fields
2. WHAT NAME HAVE HISTORIANS
GIVEN TO THE LAND THAT LIES
BETWEEN THE TIGRIS AND
EUPHRATES RIVERS?
A. Sumer
B. Arabia
C. Mesopotamia
D. Egypt
2. WHAT NAME HAVE HISTORIANS
GIVEN TO THE LAND THAT LIES
BETWEEN THE TIGRIS AND
EUPHRATES RIVERS?
A. Sumer
B. Arabia
C. Mesopotamia
D. Egypt
3. WHY WAS THE AREA ALONG THE
TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVERS SO
GOOD FOR GROWING CROPS?
A. Flooding rivers deposited silt on the land
B. It was an area of frequent rainfall
C. It was very flat and mostly clay
D. Cities where farmers lived were nearby
3. WHY WAS THE AREA ALONG THE
TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVERS SO
GOOD FOR GROWING CROPS?
A. Flooding rivers deposited silt on the land
B. It was an area of frequent rainfall
C. It was very flat and mostly clay
D. Cities where farmers lived were nearby
4. WHICH CONDITION MOST LIKELY
ENCOURAGED HUMAN SETTLEMENT IN THE
SOUTHERN PART OF MESOPOTAMIA?
A. Protection of the Zagros Mountains
B. Plentiful rainfall
C. Closeness to the Persian Gulf
D. Fertile soil
4. WHICH CONDITION MOST LIKELY
ENCOURAGED HUMAN SETTLEMENT IN
THE SOUTHERN PART OF MESOPOTAMIA?
A. Protection of the Zagros Mountains
B. Plentiful rainfall
C. Closeness to the Persian Gulf
D. Fertile soil
5. WHAT WAS THE MAIN REASON
THE SUMERIANS WERE ABLE TO
DEVELOP SURPLUSES OF FOOD?
A. They dug canals to irrigate their fields.
B. They developed the ability to predict floods.
C. Their population became healthier and
increased.
D. Their neighbors gave them food in trade.
5. WHAT WAS THE MAIN REASON
THE SUMERIANS WERE ABLE TO
DEVELOP SURPLUSES OF FOOD?
A. They dug canals to irrigate their fields.
B. They developed the ability to predict floods.
C. Their population became healthier and
increased.
D. Their neighbors gave them food in trade.
6. IN SUMER THE GROWTH OF TRADE
LED TO _______________
A.
B.
C.
D.
priests becoming less important
writing
invention of the wheel
a decrease in attacks by outsiders
6. IN SUMER THE GROWTH OF TRADE
LED TO _______________
A.
B.
C.
D.
priests becoming less important
writing
invention of the wheel
a decrease in attacks by outsiders
7. HOW DID THE ABILITY OF SUMERIAN
FARMERS TO PRODUCE FOOD SURPLUSES HELP
MAKE SUMER A CIVILIZATION?
A. It allowed people to specialize in other
kinds of work
B. It brought new settlers to the city-states
C. It enabled the population to grow
D. It gave Sumerians more time to practice
their religion
7. HOW DID THE ABILITY OF SUMERIAN
FARMERS TO PRODUCE FOOD SURPLUSES HELP
MAKE SUMER A CIVILIZATION?
A. It allowed people to specialize in other
kinds of work
B. It brought new settlers to the city-states
C. It enabled the population to grow
D. It gave Sumerians more time to practice
their religion
8. HOW DID THE PLOW HELP EARLY
FARMERS IN MESOPOTAMIA?
A. seeds could be planted more evenly
B. Harvesting the crops was easier and more
efficient
C. It broke up hard soil to help water get to
plants’ roots
D. It decreased the number of weeds that
grew in a plot of land
8. HOW DID THE PLOW HELP EARLY
FARMERS IN MESOPOTAMIA?
A. seeds could be planted more evenly
B. Harvesting the crops was easier and more
efficient
C. It broke up hard soil to help water get to
plants’ roots
D. It decreased the number of weeds that
grew in a plot of land
9. WHAT ROLE DID THE GODS PLAY IN
SUMERIAN SOCIETY?
A. They created problems for people to
overcome
B. They protected people from troubles
and danger
C. They helped people get to heaven
when they died
D. They made people do things they did
not want
9. WHAT ROLE DID THE GODS PLAY IN
SUMERIAN SOCIETY?
A. They created problems for people to
overcome
B. They protected people from troubles
and danger
C. They helped people get to heaven
when they died
D. They made people do things they did
not want
10. WHICH GROUP HAD THE
GREATEST INFLUENCE IN
SUMERIAN SOCIETY?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Merchants
Officials
Priests
landowners
10. WHICH GROUP HAD THE
GREATEST INFLUENCE IN
SUMERIAN SOCIETY?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Merchants
Officials
Priests
landowners
11. HOW DID THE GOVERNMENT IN
SUMER EVOLVE?
A. Priest remained the rulers in Sumer
B. Elected officials replaced kings
C. Priests were replaced by council of elders
D. Kings gradually replaced priest as rulers
in Sumer
11. HOW DID THE GOVERNMENT IN
SUMER EVOLVE?
A. Priest remained the rulers in Sumer
B. Elected officials replaced kings
C. Priests were replaced by council of elders
D. Kings gradually replaced priest as rulers
in Sumer
12. FOR SUMERIANS, WHAT WAS A
ZIGGURAT?
A. The royal palace
B. A religious temple and government
center
C. The location of government offices
D. A institution for schooling
12. FOR SUMERIANS, WHAT WAS A
ZIGGURAT?
A. The royal palace
B. A religious temple and government
center
C. The location of government offices
D. A institution for schooling
13. IN SUMERIAN SOCIETY, WHOSE
JOB WAS IT TO KEEP OFFICIAL
RECORDS?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Merchants
Priests
Scribes
women
13. IN SUMERIAN SOCIETY, WHOSE
JOB WAS IT TO KEEP OFFICIAL
RECORDS?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Merchants
Priests
Scribes
women
14. THE FIRST WRITING SYSTEM TO BE
DEVELOPED USED A SYSTEM OF
SYMBOLS CALLED?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cuneiforms
Pictographs
Proverbs
Ziggurats
14. THE FIRST WRITING SYSTEM TO BE
DEVELOPED USED A SYSTEM OF
SYMBOLS CALLED?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cuneiforms
Pictographs
Proverbs
Ziggurats
15. THE WRITING SYSTEM THE SUMERIANS
DEVELOPED USING WEDGE-SHAPED
SYMBOLS IS CALLED____?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
Pictographs
Sanskrit
15. THE WRITING SYSTEM THE SUMERIANS
DEVELOPED USING WEDGE-SHAPED
SYMBOLS IS CALLED____?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
Pictographs
Sanskrit
16. FOR WHAT INITIAL PURPOSE DID
THE SUMERIANS DEVELOP THE
WORLD’S FIRST WRITING SYSTEM?
A.
B.
C.
D.
To remember their history
To honor the gods
To praise their king
To keep business records
DID THE SUMERIANS DEVELOP
THE WORLD’S FIRST WRITING
SYSTEM?
A.
B.
C.
D.
To remember their history
To honor the gods
To praise their king
To keep business records