Ancient Mesopotamia Trivia Facts: Quiz!
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- 1.Which of the following was NOT an invention of the Mesopotamians?
- A.
The wheel
- B.
The plow
- C.
Writing
- D.
Horse -drawn buggy
- 2.What was the first thing that the Sumerians accomplished?
- A.
Nomadic hunting and gatherering
- B.
Trading over long distances
- C.
Founding new city-states
- D.
Farming and domestication of animals
- 3.Why was Mesopotamia such a good area for growing crops?
- A.
The rivers flooded and deposited rich soil.
- B.
The land was covered with heavy vegetation.
- C.
The area did not have any agricultural pests.
- D.
The rivers flooded, making it easier for planters to pull out weeds that might harm crops.
- 4.How did the Sumerians solve the problem of flooding?
- A.
They built terraces on the mountains.
- B.
They dug irrigation ditches and built levees.
- C.
They rotated farming with nomadic herding.
- D.
They diverted the flow of the rivers into other areas.
- 5.What tools did the Mesopotamians use for writing?
- A.
A large, feather pen that they dipped in ink
- B.
A darkened reed that they dipped into a mixture of charcoal and water
- C.
A sharpened piece of reed, called a stylus, used on clay tablets
- D.
A slender piece of wood that they dipped into colorful dyes
- 6.What was a result of the invention of the wheel?
- A.
It allowed the Sumerians to keep track of time.
- B.
It controlled the irrigation devices to prevent flooding.
- C.
It made people more dependent on human strength for transportation.
- D.
It gave the Sumerians more freedom of movement.
- 7.Besides the ruler, who had the highest position in the social structure?
- A.
Priest
- B.
A scribe
- C.
The upper class
- D.
Soldiers
- 8.Why were ziggurats important to the Sumerians?
- A.
They protected the city from invaders.
- B.
They were built as tombs for the kings.
- C.
They were built as temples to honor the gods and goddesses.
- D.
Scrolls that documented Mesopotamian history were encased in ziggurats.
- 9.Which of the following is the correct order of social structure in Mesopotamia? The order should be from those who have the most power in Mesopotamia to the least.
- A.
Priest, Upper Class, Lower Class, Slaves
- B.
Slaves, Priest, Scribes, Lower Class
- C.
Scribes, Priest, Upper Class, Merchants
- D.
King, Slaves, Lower Class, Priest
- 10.What is the correct order for the creation of major city-states in Mesopotamia from the oldest to the most recent?
- A.
Babylon, Sumer, Assyria
- B.
Assyria, Babylon, Sumer
- C.
Ur, Babylon, Sumer
- D.
Sumer, Babylon, Assyria
- 11.Which of the five themes of geography does the sentence below BEST fit into? Ancient Sumerians built leeves.
- A.
Absolute Location
- B.
Region
- C.
Human-Environmental Interaction
- D.
Movement
- 12.Which of the five themes of geography does the sentence below BEST fit into? Ancient Mesopotamia is located on the continent of Africa.
- A.
Absolute Location
- B.
Relative Location
- C.
Physical Characteristics of Place
- D.
Human Characteristics of Place
- 13.Which of the five themes of geography does the following sentence best fit into? Merchants in Babylon traded with different city-states.
- A.
Movement
- B.
Human Characteristics of Place
- C.
Region
- D.
Location
- 14.Which of the following themes of geography does the sentence below BEST describe? Ziggurats could be found in the city-states of Mesopotamia.
- A.
Human Characteristics of Place
- B.
Movement
- C.
Location
- D.
Human- Environmental Interaction
- 15.Which of the five themes of geography does the sentence below BEST describe? Mesopotamia had two main rivers.
- A.
Physical Characteristics of Place
- B.
Relative Location
- C.
Movement
- D.
Region
- 16.In which present-day country is Mesopotamia located?
- A.
Iraq
- B.
Iran
- C.
Japan
- D.
Africa
- 17.Which of the following statements did BEST describe the purpose of Hammurabi's Code of Law?
- A.
The code allowed priest to do what they wanted to.
- B.
The code helped parents make sure their kids behaved.
- C.
The code was designed to ensure everyone behaved appropriately in Babylon.
- D.
The code was Hammurabi's way of being mean to his people.
- 18.Mesopotamia's government was a combination of a monarchy and a democracy.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.Before becoming a civilization, the people of Mesopotamia were farmers.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.The Euphrates river was located on the eastern side of Mesopotamia.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.The people of Ancient Mesopotamia inveneted the wheel.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.Mesopotamia actually means "the land between the rivers"
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 23.Each year after the snow on the mountains melted, the melted water would run down the mountains and deposit rich silt which made the land in Mesopotamia very fertile.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.The belief in one god is polytheism.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 25.The Sumerians used cuneiform to write the Code of Hammurabi.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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