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