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Mesopotamia (Aguilar)
Contributed by: Aguilar
  • 1. Which is a river of Mesopotamia?
A) Amazon River
B) Nile River
C) Missouri River
D) Euphrates 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 a 1000 lakes”
B) “Land of the first civilization”
C) “Land between 2 rivers”
D) “Land of Hammurabi”
  • 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) Ruler
B) River in Mesopotamia
C) People and how they speak
D) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning
  • 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) Pyramid
B) Church
C) Ziggurat
D) Synagogue
  • 8. Polytheism is the belief in many Gods, ______________ is the belief in 1 God.
A) Islam
B) Monotheism
C) Jew
D) Polytheism
  • 9. Ancient Mesopotamia is found in what present day country?
A) Egypt
B) Antarctica
C) Iraq
D) Saudi Arabia
  • 10. A government is a ________________.
A) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs
B) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians
C) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
D) Form of religion
  • 11. Mesopotamia is a great river valley formed by__________________.
A) The Red Sea
B) The Tigris and Euphrates
C) The Orontes
D) The Nile
  • 12. Writing grew out of the need to....
A) To make public signs
B) To keep records
C) To keep cows
D) To tell stories
  • 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 Islam
B) Cradle of land
C) Cradle of Laws
D) Cradle of Civilization
  • 16. How do we know that Mesopotamia is a civilization.
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