
Unit 3: Mesopotamia Review

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6th Grade
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Sarah Mathews
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Using what you have learned about Sumerian civilization, what can you infer about the advantages of Sumer’s location?
Sumer was in the south; so Sumerian farmers enjoyed a longer growing season.
Access to rivers and the Persian Gulf, plus the invention of the sailboat, may have provided faster transportation routes for trading.
Because of its location, Sumer was protected from Asian enemies in the north and Arab enemies in the south.
Limestone from the rivers was a rare resource that could be traded for wood.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following describes the people who first settled on the plain of the Tigris–Euphrates valley in 7000 B.C?
people fleeing the Assyrian army
Sumer farmers who raised livestock on a seasonal basis
hunter-gatherers that set up temporarily during planting season
hunter-gatherers who depended on their environment for food
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What accomplishment of the early Mesopotamian cultures resulted in a long-term solution to seasonal climate changes?
supplying water to fields with dams and canals
building retaining walls around the entire farming settlement
settling further from the rivers to prevent damage to homes and fields
growing a surplus of food and developing a way to store it to prevent famine
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did Sumerians use the resources in their climate when building their cities?
Due to the environment, early Sumerians built cities that were isolated from each other.
They built tall ziggurats to keep people off the scorching ground and away from mudflats.
They combined reeds and mud to form bricks for building homes and city walls.
Most middle-class Sumerians farmed land on the city-state perimeter.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read the excerpt from the Code of Hammurabi. Which statement best describes the nature of the code?
The punishment should fit the crime.
The slightest infraction will incur severe punishment.
The laws are simple and made to be broken.
The code shows an improvement over Sumerian culture.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Read the excerpt from the Code of Hammurabi. What effect did these codes have on the further development of civilizations?
They established a legal framework for future societies.
They hindered the progress of legal systems.
They had no impact on future civilizations.
They were only relevant to the Babylonian Empire.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which achievement of the Sumerian culture did the Assyrians improve upon for military use?
They changed the design of the sailboat to make it faster.
They built wheeled carts called chariots.
They created law codes and posted them for all to see.
They built bigger and better libraries to keep records of wars.
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