Unit 2 : Mesopotamia Quiz 1
Complete the following questions by selecting the best answer for each question.
Question 1
The environment of Sumer was
Question 2
The name of Mesopotamia comes from its location, which was
Question 3
Why were Sumerian communities called city-states
Question 4
What development caused food shortages in the Zagros foothills?
Question 5
What was the solution the Mesopotamians used to solve the problem of food shortages in the Zagros Foothills?
Question 6
One factor that made farming difficult in Sumer was
Question 7
What was the main purpose of the irrigation systems of dams and reservoirs?
Question 8
What was a levee used for?
Question 9
Why was silt a problem for Sumer?
Question 10
A society has a stable food supply if
Question 11
What is a social structure
Question 12
Which Sumerian would most likely live in a two-story house near the city's center?
Question 13
Small, mud-brick houses at the edge of the city were the homes of
Question 14
Which Sumerian belief about the king helped strengthen the social order?
Question 15
Why were scribes important in Sumerian government?
Question 16
What was the ziggurat used for?
Question 17
Which invention made it easier to farm and fight?
Question 18
What evidence found by archeologists show that Sumerians were not prehistoric?
Question 19
What was the written language of cuneiform developed from?
Question 20
Which of the seven characteristics of civilization foes this image show?
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