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