1) Mesopotamian empires were located along which two rivers? a) Nile & Indus b) Tigris & Euphrates c) Huang He & Brahmaputra d) Volga & Danube 2) The area of Mesopotamia was called the ____ by historians a) Farmland halfmoon b) Agricultural Arc c) Fertile crescent d) Fruitful curve 3) Which was NOT a way Mesopotamians tamed the rivers? a) Diverted the rivers b) Built dams c) Dug canals d) Used irrigation 4) The civilization furthest south in Mesopotamia was _____ a) Babylon b) Sumer c) Sparta d) Ur 5) Sumer was organized by ________ a) Provinces b) City-states c) Parishes d) Territories 6) Sumerians main building material was _____ a) Mud b) Stone c) Wood d) Plants 7) This word means the belief in many gods a) Monotheism b) Polytheism 8) A temple with teired steps was called a _____ a) Pyramid b) Ziggurat c) Nagara 9) In Sumerian social classes, who went to school and would be trained for specific jobs? a) Boys b) Girls c) Both boys & girls 10) The earliest known writing system in the world was a) Hieroglyphics b) Cuneiform c) Phoenician d) Greek 11) The oldest known story from Sumer was ______ a) Beowulf b) The Odyssey c) The Iliad d) Epic of Gilgamesh 12) Which was NOT an invention the Sumerians used? a) Wheel b) Sailboat c) Wooden plow d) Movable print e) Potter's wheel 13) Sumerian mathematicians based the value system on the number ____ a) 20 b) 30 c) 40 d) 50 e) 60 14) This leader created the first empire in Mesopotamia. a) Nebuchanezzar b) Sargon I c) Nabopolassar d) Hammurabi 15) This leader created a set of 282 laws for his empire a) Nebuchadnezzar b) Sargon I c) Nabopolassar d) Hammurabi 16) This civilization's army was well known for its organization and effectiveness  a) Assyrian b) Babylonian c) Sumerian d) Chaldean 17) Which civilization was home to the world's first library? a) Assyrian b) Babylonian c) Sumerian d) Chaldean 18) The Hanging Gardens were a feature of which city? a) Ur b) Nineveh c) Babylon d) Sumer 19) Nebuchadnezzar was a leader in the ______ Empire a) Assyrian b) Babylonian c) Sumerian d) Chaldean 20) Which of the following did NOT cause the Chaldean empire to collapse? a) Slow trade b) Poor harvests c) Terrorists d) Weak kings 21) Paleolithic in Greek means a) New Stone Age b) Old Stone Age c) Ice Age d) Flinstone Age 22) Which animal might have been hunted by Paleolithic people? a) T-rex b) Woolly Mammoth c) Unicorns d) Kraken 23) Which word means the belief in many gods and goddesses? a) Neolithic b) Paleolithic c) Polytheistic d) Monotheistic

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