Ancient Mesopotamia Quiz

The name Mesopotamia means .

• the land between two rivers

• the land between two mountain ranges

• the land between two seas

• the land between two deserts

What was King Sargon’s influence on the Sumerians?

• He encouraged fighting because he preferred being in battle.

• He enslaved anyone who participated in war.

• He stopped the fighting and chose leaders whom he trusted to keep the peace.

• He blocked all outside trade and therefore stopped all fighting.

After reading the section “Prosperity and Advancement,” what can you conclude about Mesopotamia?

• Times of peace allowed people in Mesopotamia to create new systems, such as a mail system.

• Money made during wartimes helped to create a numerical place system.

• The people of Mesopotamia resettled in new places based on an increase in trade routes.

• During times of peace, there was little money for the people, so leaders encouraged war.

Uruk was where Mesopotamian pictographs first appeared. Pictographs are used .

• as places of worship

• as tools to make weapons

• to represent words and ideas

• to bring water to crops

Which of the following jobs were open to Sumerian women?

• priestess

• business owner

• physician

• All of the above

Why was the Gutian rule of Sumer known as the Dark Age of Mesopotamia?

• A large sandstorm blocked the Sun, and all the crops died.

• Many people were enslaved and lost their homes and families.

• The land and canals were not taken care of, and many people starved.

• All the artwork was destroyed, and people were not allowed to be creative.

Mesopotamia was located .

• where the United States is now

• where Greece, Italy, and Spain are now

• where Egypt is now

• where Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Kuwait are now

The book states that it took a long time for humans to form civilizations. A civilization is .

• a society that moves from place to place without a permanent home

• a society in which at least some of the people live in cities and have specialized jobs

• a society with some people who are hunters and others who are gatherers

• a society that never goes to war

What can you conclude about the people of Uruk?

• They had no existing system of communication.

• They preferred to live in the countryside.

• They refused to follow the laws.

• They were religious people.

Read this sentence from the book: Trade networks expanded, and commerce boomed. What is commerce?

• the buying and selling of goods

• civilized societies

• internal uprisings and invasions

• Sumerian languages