Mesopotamia (Aguilar)
  • 1. Which is a river of Mesopotamia?
A) Missouri River
B) Nile River
C) Euphrates River
D) Amazon River
  • 2. King ____________ was known for his laws of the land
A) Hammurabi
B) Babylon
C) Ur
D) Mesopotamia
  • 3. What Does Mesopotamia mean?
A) “Land of the first civilization”
B) “Land of Hammurabi”
C) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
D) “Land between 2 rivers”
  • 4. The term is known as the world’s first writing?
A) English
B) stylus
C) Babylon
D) Cuneiform
  • 5. A civilization is a __________________.
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning
B) River in Mesopotamia
C) Ruler
D) People and how they speak
  • 6. In what area is ancient Mesopotamia found in?
A) Fertile Crescent
B) Fertile River
C) Australia
D) South America
  • 7. What is the name of the Ancient Mesopotamian temple?
A) Church
B) Pyramid
C) Ziggurat
D) Synagogue
  • 8. Polytheism is the belief in many Gods, ______________ is the belief in 1 God.
A) Jew
B) Monotheism
C) Polytheism
D) Islam
  • 9. Ancient Mesopotamia is found in what present day country?
A) Antarctica
B) Iraq
C) Egypt
D) Saudi Arabia
  • 10. A government is a ________________.
A) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians
B) Form of religion
C) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs
D) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
  • 11. Mesopotamia is a great river valley formed by__________________.
A) The Orontes
B) The Tigris and Euphrates
C) The Nile
D) The Red Sea
  • 12. Writing grew out of the need to....
A) To make public signs
B) To keep cows
C) To keep records
D) To tell stories
  • 13. Mesopotamia is found in this continent?
A) Asia
B) South America
C) Africa
D) France
  • 14. Mesopotamia was the first civilization. (Worth 2 pts)
A) False
B) True
  • 15. Mesopotamia is often referred to as?
A) Cradle of Civilization
B) Cradle of Islam
C) Cradle of Laws
D) Cradle of land
  • 16. How do we know that Mesopotamia is a civilization.
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