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Mesopotamia Quiz
Answer Key
Part I: Matching
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Part II: Short Answer
1. Each Sumerian city-state was surrounded by a high wall. Religious temples or
ziggurats were located in the center of each city. The streets were very long,
narrow, and close together.
2. A leader called Sargon created the first empire. The conquered land included all
of Mesopotamia.
3. Scribes were important to people in Sumer because they kept written records.
4. The main social classes of Mesopotamia included: the king, merchants, and
laborers. The kings of each city-state had absolute power over the people. The
merchants sold goods in the market places while many laborers farmed the land.
Most of the population in Mesopotamia were laborers or farmers.
Part III: Geography Skills
1. The land between the two rivers is called Mesopotamia.
2. The Euphrates River begins in the Taurus Mountains.
3. The Tigris River flows into the Persian Gulf.
4. Sumerian city-states were independent of one another because of the distance
between them; surrounding desert and mountains; geographic barriers.