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Mesopotamia Pre-Test
1. How old is the planet Earth?
a. 5 million years
c. 4.5 billion years
b. 7 billion years
d. 4.5 million years
2. Charles _________ created the Theory of Evolution.
a. Smith
b. Darwin
c. Cecil
d. Murphy
3. Mesopotamia is located between which two rivers
a. Nile and Red
b. Black and Baltic
c. Indus and Red
d. Tigris and Euphrates
4. Mesopotamia is located in modern day
a. Iraq
b. Iran
c. Turkey
d. Saudi Arabia
5. King Sargon of Kish ruled Ancient Mesopotamia for ________ years
a. 100
b. 60
c. 56
d. 43
6. Ancient Sumerians are credited with inventing the world’s first
a. Refrigerator
b. Medical Textbook
c. Telescope
d. Wheel
7. Who sat at the very top of Mesopotamian society?
a. Priests
b. Gods
c. Military leaders
d. Kings
8. Ancient Babylon was located in _____________ Mesopotamia
a. Northern
b. Eastern
c. Southern
d. Western
9. Ancient Sumerians prayed in large mud-brick temples called
a. pyramids
b. ziggurats
c. mosques
d. synagogues
10. Mesopotamia’s economy, or way of life, was based on
a. trading
b. sailing
c. farming
d. hunting
11. King ________ of Persia conquered Mesopotamia in 539 B.C
a. Tut
b. Gilgamesh
c. Paris
d. Cyrus