ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA Test Review AROUND WHICH TWO RIVERS

ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA Test Review

AROUND WHICH TWO RIVERS IS THE AREA OF MESOPOTAMIA?

THE TIGRIS RIVER AND THE EUPHRATES RIVER

WHAT PROVIDED DRINKING WATER FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS, IRRIGATION, NUTRIENT-RICH CROPS AND EASY TRANSPORTATION?

RIVERS

HOW DID CROPS IN MESOPOTAMIA BECOME FERTILIZED EACH YEAR?

THE RIVERS FLOODED

TRUE OR FALSE? THE DEVELOPMENT OF IRRIGATION GAVE FARMERS AS MUCH POWER AS KINGS.

False This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY -SA

WHAT DID THE FLOODING OF THE RIVERS LEAVE BEHIND TO REPLENISH THE SOIL?

Silt from the mountains

What lay between Mesopotamia and the Red Sea?

The Syrian Desert This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

What did people in Ancient Mesopotamia do when they wanted good things to happen or when they wanted to prevent bad things from happening?

They worshiped their gods. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

Citizens obeyed the king of their city-states because…

He could bring his wrath upon them if they didn’t. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

What was the place of worship in Ancient Mesopotamia?

The Ziggurat This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

What do you call a belief in many gods?

Polytheism

What do you call the belief in ONE God?

Monotheism

City-states in Mesopotamia were ruled by…

Kings This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC

True or False? Grain in Ancient Mesopotamia could be compared to money in today's world.

True People used it to buy, sell, and trade. This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND. This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-ND.

What is the most common way that people in Mesopotamia acqired goods that were not available in Mesopotamia?

Trade This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-ND.

The lunch ladies make food, the custodian keeps the school clean, the nurse keeps kids healthy, teachers help kids learn, and the principal directs things. This is an example of____________ __.

Specialization of Labor

A _____ kept track of financial transactions (buying, selling, trading)

scribe This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA.

A _____ bought, sold, and traded goods.

Merchant

True or false? Mesopotamia was ruled by president.

False

True of false? Everyone in Mesopotamia read “The Epic of

False. Few people could read. This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC.

With regards to Hammurabi’s Code, “An eye for an eye, ” means that the ____ should fit the _____.

Punishment Crime This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC.

True or false? The invention of the wheel led to the development of the cart and chariot.

True This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA.

We know more about Mesopotamia than we know about the Stone Age because…

Mesopotamia had a written language (cuneiform). This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND.

True or false? Having a rigid social structure was helpful to Mesopotamian society.

Both Why both?

True or false? Hammurabi’s Code was good for society in Ancient Mesopotamia.

Both Why both? This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND. This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA.

The End Good luck on the test!