G6 Ch2 Mesopotamia Pretest

Which two rivers are found in Mesopotamia?

• Nile and Euphrates

• Nile and Yangtze

• Tigris and Yangtze

• Tigris and Euphrates

Why did Mesopotamian farmers rely on annual flooding?

• The floods left behind silt that helped crops grow.

• The floods left behind gold used for making money.

• Flooding made it easier to travel upstream.

• Flooding made it easier to transport goods.

How did irrigation impact civilizations in Mesopotamia?

• Farmers grew a surplus of crops.

• Ranchers raised more livestock.

• Artisans developed new types of pottery.

• Priests performed more ceremonies.

Early Mesopotamians believed in ___________.

• nature spirits

• animal-worship

• ancestor-worship

• a single god

• many gods

What is a ziggurat?

• a government building

• a temple

• a place to store grain

• a school

Of the following, which group of people belonged to the upper class of Sumerian society?

• merchants

• artisans

• priests

• farmers

The two most important parts of Sumer’s economy were farming and ___________.

• trade

• fishing

• woodworking

• metalworking

What is cuneiform?

• a type of Sumerian story

• the Sumerian system of writing

• a type of Sumerian building

• the Sumerian system of money

The Sumerians were the first people to ___________.

• use the wheel

• raise domesticated horses

• calculate the distance from the sun

• make clay pottery

How did astronomy influence the Sumerians?

• Sumerians harvested crops based on the heat from the sun.

• Sumerians built their homes based on the phases of the moon.

• Sumerians traveled to other city-states based on the movement of the planets.

• Sumerians performed ceremonies based on the movement of the stars.