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