The Ancient Mesopotamia Trivia!
Can you correctly answer all these questions about ancient Mesopotamia? Let's find out now by taking this quiz!
- 1.Saddam Hussein is stil the ruler of Iraq.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 2.The Arabs who were primarily Muslim defeated the Sasanid Persians by______________.
- A.
Hifing in a wooden horse.
- B.
Learning the language and asking nicely if they could have control over Mesopotamia.
- C.
Throwing rocks from far away at the Persians.
- D.
Attacking the Persian elephants at their trunks.
- 3.After Alexander the Great died his empire was kept intact.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.When Mohammed died Muslims________________________________.
- A.
Danced for three days and nights.
- B.
Fought over who should be th leader of the religion.
- C.
Ate scorpions and went without water for two days.
- D.
Celebrated by having a huge feast and eliminating anyone who stood in their way.
- 5.Mohammed was the founder of Islam.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.Alexander the Great would have continued to rule Mesopotamia, but __________________.
- A.
He didn't like the sun.
- B.
He didn't speak the language
- C.
He was overthrown by the Arabs
- D.
He got sick and died.
- 7.Alexander the Great wanted to make Babylon the center of his empire.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Saddam Hussein was a bully when he was young.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.When a person focuses on a particular activity or job this is called _________________.
- A.
Anger management
- B.
Emancipation Proclamation
- C.
Specialization
- D.
Hammurabi
- 10.When a plant or animal is tamed it is ____________________________.
- A.
Ripped off.
- B.
Cuneiform.
- C.
Saddam Hussein.
- D.
Domesticated.
- 11.Hammurabi is famous because he established what?
- A.
A code of laws.
- B.
Chariot racing.
- C.
Cow tipping.
- D.
City-states
- 12.Mesopotamia is now in modern day _______________.
- A.
Iraq
- B.
Iran
- C.
China
- D.
Egypt
- 13.What does Mesopotamia mean?
- A.
Land between two rivers.
- B.
The middle of the world.
- C.
The pot of the ancient cooker
- D.
The fertile crescent.
- 14.What 2 rivers is Mesopotamia between?
- A.
Atlantic and Pacific
- B.
Nile and Mediterranean.
- C.
Tigris and Mississippi
- D.
Tigris and Euphrates
- 15.What is cuneiform?
- A.
The ranks of men.
- B.
Wedge shaoped writing
- C.
The formation made by civilizations
- D.
Rare material used by Egyptians
- 16.In Sumer, a priest was a very important person.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 17.Sumerian temples were called Ziggurats.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 18.The Sumerians worshiped many gods.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 19.Sumerian writing is called hieroglyphics.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 20.Prior to the city-states the people in Sumer were.
- A.
Urban dwellers
- B.
Hunter-gatherers
- C.
Non-existent
- D.
Pastoral
- 21.The most importan people in Sumer were______________.
- A.
Slaves
- B.
Scribes
- C.
Priests
- D.
Farmers
- 22.One of the surviving Sumerian legends concerns.
- A.
Gilgamesh
- B.
Enlil
- C.
Hammurabi
- D.
Hercules
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