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Mesopotamia Test M
Ancient Mesopotamia Test
Vocabulary 18 points: Please write the correct
definition’s letter in the space
1. Ziggurat__________
2. city-state____________
a. A required payment from one
ruler to a more powerful ruler
b. The governing system in which a
king or queen rules
c. The largest and tallest temple in
every Sumerian city-state
3. caravan____________
d. A belief in many gods
4. scribe___________
5. cuneiform___________
6. polytheism___________
7. empire____________
8. tribute____________
e. A writing system based on
wedge shaped symbols
f. Vast lands and varied people
under the control of a single
government
g. A group of traders traveling
together on a long journey
9. monarchy__________
h. A city and the farmland
farmlands around it.
i. A person who records things for
others.
True or False 10 points: write True or False in the space below
10._____________ Sumeria was hot, dry, and had flooding problems.
11. ______________ The wheel was invented by the Sumerians.
12. _______________ Sumerians believed that very little was controlled by the gods.
13.______________Kings were the first people to rule city-states.
14. _______________Everyone could read and write cuneiform.
Fill in the Blanks 24 points: Please place the appropriate work in the blank.
15. The Sumerians used __________ to bring water to their crops.
16. Art, architecture, music, law, and religion are all parts of a
highly developed___________.
17. _______________ started as temporary rulers of city-states
during periods of war.
18.A food ______ led to specialized jobs.
19.Before the first emperors controlled them, each city-state
was_____________________.
20.The bronze tipped ________ with an attached funnel was an
agricultural innovation.
21.The _________________________ contained 282 laws and
was on display for all to see
22.Sargon of Akkad was the first ______________of
Mesopotamia.
Word Bank
Emperor
Kings
Culture
Irrigation
Surplus
Independent
Plow
Code of Hammurabi
Essay 48 points: answer the following questions in complete
paragraph form.
1. What were the achievements of people in Mesopotamia?
One achievement of the people in Mesopotamia was ________
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Another achievement of the people in Mesopotamia was _____
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Lastly, one of the other achievements of the people in
Mesopotamia was ____________________________________
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2. How did the first empires develop in Mesopotamia?
The first empire in Mesopotamia was _______________
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The second empire in Mesopotamia was __________________
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One of the later empires was ___________________________
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