Mesopotamia Vocabulary Quiz

Most ancient civilizations formed near: 

• Mountains 
• Rivers 
• Dry land
• The  equator 

Mesopotamia can be found near what two rivers? 

• Yellow River
• Indus River
• Tigris and Euphrates 
• Nile  River

A surplus of food led to: 

• starvation 
• irrigation ditches 
• the Persian Gulf 
• the  development of cities 

What architecture is Mesopotamia known for?

• pyramid 
• a great wall 
• rock temple
• ziggurat 

What is the name of the Sumerian written language? 

• hieroglyphics 
• cuneiform 
• characters
• alphabet 

Government: Mesopotamia was divided into: 

• city-states 
• capitols 
• countries 
• individual nations 

This is a group of people who have a complex society, an organized government, art, religion, class division, and a writing system?

• Domestication 
• Organization 
• Agriculture 
• Civilization 

What was the name given to people or the group of people who traveled  from place to place in search of food?

• a. Sumerians
• b.Nomads
• c. Babylonians 
• d. Assyrians

This is a method of bringing water to crops?

• Agriculture 
• Domestication
• Irrigation
• Civilization 

Taming and animal or plant by humans is called...?

• Irrigation
• Domestication
• Agriculutre
• Civilization