Mesopotamia (Aguilar)
  • 1. Which is a river of Mesopotamia?
A) Amazon River
B) Euphrates River
C) Nile River
D) Missouri River
  • 2. King ____________ was known for his laws of the land
A) Hammurabi
B) Babylon
C) Mesopotamia
D) Ur
  • 3. What Does Mesopotamia mean?
A) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
B) “Land of the first civilization”
C) “Land of Hammurabi”
D) “Land between 2 rivers”
  • 4. The term is known as the world’s first writing?
A) Babylon
B) stylus
C) English
D) Cuneiform
  • 5. A civilization is a __________________.
A) People and how they speak
B) River in Mesopotamia
C) Ruler
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 River
C) Australia
D) Fertile Crescent
  • 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) Monotheism
B) Polytheism
C) Islam
D) Jew
  • 9. Ancient Mesopotamia is found in what present day country?
A) Egypt
B) Iraq
C) Saudi Arabia
D) Antarctica
  • 10. A government is a ________________.
A) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs
B) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
C) Form of religion
D) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians
  • 11. Mesopotamia is a great river valley formed by__________________.
A) The Tigris and Euphrates
B) The Red Sea
C) The Nile
D) The Orontes
  • 12. Writing grew out of the need to....
A) To tell stories
B) To keep cows
C) To make public signs
D) To keep records
  • 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) True
B) False
  • 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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