Mesopotamia (Aguilar)
  • 1. Which is a river of Mesopotamia?
A) Euphrates River
B) Amazon River
C) Missouri River
D) Nile River
  • 2. King ____________ was known for his laws of the land
A) Ur
B) Mesopotamia
C) Hammurabi
D) Babylon
  • 3. What Does Mesopotamia mean?
A) “Land of Hammurabi”
B) “Land between 2 rivers”
C) “Land of the first civilization”
D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
  • 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) Ruler
B) River in Mesopotamia
C) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning
D) People and how they speak
  • 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) Pyramid
B) Church
C) Synagogue
D) Ziggurat
  • 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) Egypt
B) Saudi Arabia
C) Iraq
D) Antarctica
  • 10. A government is a ________________.
A) Form of religion
B) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians
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 Red Sea
C) The Tigris and Euphrates
D) The Nile
  • 12. Writing grew out of the need to....
A) To keep records
B) To tell stories
C) To make public signs
D) To keep cows
  • 13. Mesopotamia is found in this continent?
A) Africa
B) Asia
C) South America
D) France
  • 14. Mesopotamia was the first civilization. (Worth 2 pts)
A) True
B) False
  • 15. Mesopotamia is often referred to as?
A) Cradle of Laws
B) Cradle of Civilization
C) Cradle of land
D) Cradle of Islam
  • 16. How do we know that Mesopotamia is a civilization.
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