Name: Due Date: 10/04/2019 Prehistory Unit Quiz Four

1.) _____Which name identifies the region located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers? a. Cape of Good Hope c. Mesopotamia b. Sinai Peninsula d. Horn of Africa 2.) _____"In about 3500 BCE, groups of nomadic humans migrated from place to place. Eventually, some of

these nomads settled in the area between the Tigris River and Euphrates River in Mesopotamia." Which statement best explains why a nomadic people would have settled in ancient Mesopotamia?

a. The area was surrounded by deserts which made further travel difficult. c. The area had natural defenses which made it easy to be safe from invasion. b. The area was controlled by a strong ruler who commanded a powerful military. d. The area contained all the natural resources needed to ensure a steady food supply. 3.) _____Ur, Nineveh, and Uruk were all independent a. city-states c. kingdoms b. empires d. gods and goddesses 4.) _____ What feature made farming possible in southern Mesopotamia (Sumer)? a. large forests were available. c. desert climate provided lots of sun. b. rich soil (silt) was deposited by river flooding. d. mountains kept enemies out of region. 5.) _____Which statement best applies to polytheism? a. There is a heaven. c. The spirits control your life. b. There are many gods. d. The universe is merely an illusion.

6.) _____ What was this religious temple called that was located

in the center of Mesopotamian city-states? a. church c. pyramid b. ziggurat d. synagogue 7.) _____ The Gods and Goddesses that Sumerians worshipped were

related to a. themselves c. Greek mythology b. nature d. their inventions 8.) _____ The Sumerians developed the first alphabet-based system of writing. This system is called a. hieroglyphs c. cuneiform b. pictographs d. phonogram 9.) _____ What is the name of the earliest piece of written literature that still survives today? a. The Epic of Gilgamesh c. The Ode to Ishtar b. The Elegy for Enkidu d. The Ballad of the Babylonian Wars 10.) _____ Which Mesopotamian invention had the greatest impact on travel and trade? a. the silk road c. the saddle b. the wheel d. concrete roads 11.) _____ What invention made farming possible in dry areas? a. sailboats c. irrigation techniques b. wheels d. cuneiform 12.) _____ Sumer became a monarchy and was ruled by __________, who claimed they got their power from

the city-state's God. a. kings c. gods b. priests d. farmers

13.) _____ Sumerian artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up this group. a. business class c. middle class b. lower class d. upper class 14.) _____ Who served a role between the Sumerians and the gods? a. farmers c. war chiefs b. priests d. political leaders 15.) _____ Which two land features gave Mesopotamia its name? a. the Fertile Crescent and the Mediterranean Sea c. the northern plateau and the southern plateau b. the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea d. the Tigris River and the Euphrates River 16.) _____ Which sequence of events shows how Mesopotamia developed? a. people formed divisions of labor. The population grew. Agriculture was the basis of the society. b. people built cities. People grew crops. People built canals. c. people made laws. People moved to villages and cities. People lived where crops could grow. d. people settled where crops could grow. The population grew. Villages and cities formed. 17.) _____What was Gilgamesh, a legendary hero, looking for? a. gold c. a way for people to live forever b. secret treasure d. new lands 18.) _____ Mesopotamia was located within this larger geographic region a. the Tigris river valley c. western Asia b. North Eastern Africa d. the fertile crescent 19.) _____ The name of the first civilization in Mesopotamia was a. Babylon c. Assyria b. Sumer d. Uruk For questions 20 -25, correctly identify the locations of the following geographic elements and write the given abbreviation on the map. Black Sea (BS), Tigris River (TR), Euphrates River (ER), Mediterranean Sea (MS), Persian Gulf (PS), and the Zagros Mountains (ZM).