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