Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the
statement or answers the question.
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Crops grew well in Mesopotamia because
a. | the land was in mountainous areas. | b. | farmland was fertile and water was
nearby. | c. | the area was near the ocean water supply. | d. | the area received
adequate rainfall. |
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Which two land features gave Mesopotamia its name?
a. | the Fertile Crescent and the Mediterranean Sea | b. | the Persian Gulf and
the Mediterranean Sea | c. | the northern plateau and the southern
plateau | d. | the Tigris River and the Euphrates River |
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You are a farmer in ancient Mesopotamia and you grow 500 bushels this year. Your
family uses 300 bushels a year. What do you have?
a. | a surplus of 200 bushels | c. | a surplus of 500
bushels | b. | a surplus of 300 bushels | d. | a surplus of 800 bushels |
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What is the difference between canals and rivers?
a. | Canals are used as trade routes. Rivers are used for irrigation. | b. | Canals mark borders
of a civilization. Rivers divide regions of a civilization. | c. | People settle along
rivers. People do not settle near canals. | d. | Canals are made by people. Rivers are
natural. |
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What is silt?
a. | livestock that eat wheat | c. | a mix of rich soil and
rock | b. | an irrigation system | d. | a craft |
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What purpose did the wall around a city serve?
a. | to protect inhabitants of the city-state from attack | b. | to collect water
that could be used to irrigate farmland | c. | to protect inhabitants of the city-state from
floods | d. | to keep people from moving to another city-state |
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What Sumerian invention helped contribute to modern forms of
transportation?
a. | the plow | c. | the wheel | b. | the clock | d. | city streets |
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The Sumerian plow is most like the modern-day
a. | scissor. | c. | tractor. | b. | car. | d. | tire. |
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What was most likely the reason that ziggurats were tall?
a. | to honor the gods | c. | so architects could display their work | b. | so they could easily
be found | d. | to mark the center
of the city |
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The resource for which Phoenicia was well-known was
a. | iron ore. | c. | fertile soil. | b. | cedar wood. | d. | gold and
silver. |
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The Assyrian capital was named
a. | Nineveh. | c. | Tyre. | b. | Babylon. | d. | Ur. |
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What first ability allowed early civilizations to
develop in Mesopotamia? a. | building ziggurats | c. | creating city-states | b. | farming | d. | building walls |
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What was the first collection of written
laws? a. | Cuneiform | c. | The Fertile Crescent | b. | Asia Minor | d. | Hammurabi’s
Code |
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The abundance of food grown in the Fertile
Crescent produced which of the following? a. | silt | c. | a surplus | b. | polytheism | d. | natural
resources |
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What is the function of irrigation? a. | to control water and bring it to crops | c. | to help domesticate
plants | b. | to raise the water level of rivers | d. | to add trade
routes |
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Matching
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In the space provided, write the letter of the term or place that matches
each description. Some answers will not be used. a. | architecture | g. | monarch | b. | canal | h. | polytheism | c. | division of
labor | i. | rural | d. | epic | j. | social hierarchy | e. | Gilgamesh | k. | urban | f. | Hammurabi’s Code | l. | ziggurat |
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Human-made waterway
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A legendary figure in Sumerian literature and the hero of a famous poem
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The worship of many gods
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Referring to the countryside
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An arrangement in which each worker specializes in a particular task or
job
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A long poem about one or more heroes
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The division of society by rank or class
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The science of building
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A pyramid-shaped temple built by Sumerians
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The ruler of a kingdom or empire
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