Civilization Begins In Mesopotamia
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The quiz is a review of the concepts of Early civilizations in the Fertile Crescent and Mesopotamia. It consists of vocabulary and key concepts relevant to the test.
- 1.What role did geography play in the development of Mesopotamian society?
- 2.Name 5 major innovations of th Sumerians and tell how they affect our lives today.
- 3.Why were 90% of the people who lived in Sumer farmers?
- A.
The gods were not interested in other industries.
- B.
Farming was the main economy of the time.
- C.
They had no other options besides farming.
- D.
None of the above.
- 4.What was the first empire in the world?
- A.
Sumerian
- B.
Egyptian
- C.
Babylonian
- D.
Akkadian
- 5.What is Hammurabi remembered for?
- A.
Defeating the Akkadian empire and establishing the first world empire.
- B.
Reorganizing the Mesopotamian religion into a monotheistic society.
- C.
His code or collection of laws for Mesopotamian society
- D.
His new art form that changed the way historians looked at Mesopotamian society.
- 6.Mesopotamians were well known for their work in this trade - ______
- A.
Metalwork
- B.
Sculpting
- C.
Writing
- D.
Farming
- 7.What did farming and an abundance of food in ancient Mesopotamia result in?
- A.
Civilization
- B.
Overpopulation
- C.
Inflation
- D.
Epidemics
- 8.Who invented cuneiform?
- A.
Osysseus
- B.
The Phoenicians
- C.
The Sumerians
- D.
Gilgamesh
- 9.In 2340 B.C., Sargon, the leader of the Akkadians, accomplished what?
- A.
Defeated the Sumerian city-states and established the first empire in world history.
- B.
Conquered Paris, the largest city in the world at that time.
- C.
Established the world's first city-states and led by divine authority.
- D.
Choked to death on a piece of beef and his sons divided his empire.
- 10.What is the arc of fertile land that extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf called?
- A.
Akkad
- B.
The Fertile Crescent
- C.
The land of the gods
- D.
Sumer
- 11.What is a large political unit or state, usually under a single leader, that controls many people or territories called?
- A.
City-state
- B.
Patriarchal state
- C.
Empire
- D.
Theocracy
- 12.What is the Sumerian "wedged-shaped" system of writing?
- A.
Cuneiform
- B.
Hieroglyphics
- C.
Hieratic
- D.
Semitic
- 13.What is a society dominated or ruled by men called?
- A.
City-state
- B.
Patriarchal
- C.
Polytheistic
- D.
Theocracy
- 14.What is the stepped tower in the center of Sumerian society usually with a temple on top called?
- A.
City-state
- B.
Cuneiform
- C.
Ziggurat
- D.
Empire
- 15.Who were the creators of the first Mesopotamian civilization?
- A.
Akkadians
- B.
Babylonians
- C.
Egyptians
- D.
Sumerians
- 16.What is a government by divine authority called?
- A.
City-state
- B.
Polytheistic
- C.
Theocracy
- D.
Patriarchal
- 17.What is a belief in many gods called?
- A.
Monotheistic
- B.
Polytheistic
- C.
Theocracy
- D.
Patriarchal
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