Mesopotamia Unit Test
Chapter 3 Test-Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent
Please DO NOT write on this test
Directions: Circle the letter of the best answer that fits each question. Read each question carefully, some choices might be similar.
1. What does Mesopotamia mean?
A. Between two ponds
B. Between two rivers
C. Between two lakes
D. Between two oceans
2. What is the name of the two rivers that Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent are located between?
A. Nile and Jordan
B. Mediterranean and Red
C. Tigris and Euphrates
D. Black and Caspian
3. Which of the Sumerian inventions helped them keep the river waters from damaging their crops?
A. Rivers
B. Basins
C. Irrigation
D. Ditches
4. Most people from Sumer were
A. Farmers
B. Fishers
C. Hunters and Gatherers
D. Politicians
5. Sargon was the ruler of which group of people?
A. The Sumerians
B. The Hittites
C. The Assyrians
D. The Akkadians
6. Sargon was the first ruler to
A. Attack Sumer
B. Have a permanent army
C. Collect taxes
D. Write a system of laws
7. The Sumerian people who wrote cuneiform were known as
A. Styluses
B. Pictographs
C. Scribes
D. Epics
8. Which of the following is not a Sumerian invention/achievement?
A. Basins, canals, irrigation
B. The wheel
C. The six week calendar
D. cuneiform
9. What is the most important religious tradition of the Sumerians?
A. Kings
B. Scribes
C. Ziggurats
D. Pyramids
10. Hammurabi is most famous for
A. His code of laws
B. His tax system
C. Being a brilliant war leader
D. Attacking Sumer
11. Hammurabi ruled for how many years?
A. 50
B. 62
C. 96
D. 42
12. One advantage the Hittites had over other civilizations in battle was
A. Their use of the plow
B. Their use of the chariot
C. Their use of bronze
D. Their use of agriculture
13. The Hittites were conquered by which group of people?
A. The Kassites
B. The Akkadians
C. The Assyrians
D. The Babylonians
14. The ziggurats were built tall because
A. To see over the city
B. To be bigger and better
C. To be closer to the gods and
Please DO NOT write on this test
Directions: Circle the letter of the best answer that fits each question. Read each question carefully, some choices might be similar.
1. What does Mesopotamia mean?
A. Between two ponds
B. Between two rivers
C. Between two lakes
D. Between two oceans
2. What is the name of the two rivers that Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent are located between?
A. Nile and Jordan
B. Mediterranean and Red
C. Tigris and Euphrates
D. Black and Caspian
3. Which of the Sumerian inventions helped them keep the river waters from damaging their crops?
A. Rivers
B. Basins
C. Irrigation
D. Ditches
4. Most people from Sumer were
A. Farmers
B. Fishers
C. Hunters and Gatherers
D. Politicians
5. Sargon was the ruler of which group of people?
A. The Sumerians
B. The Hittites
C. The Assyrians
D. The Akkadians
6. Sargon was the first ruler to
A. Attack Sumer
B. Have a permanent army
C. Collect taxes
D. Write a system of laws
7. The Sumerian people who wrote cuneiform were known as
A. Styluses
B. Pictographs
C. Scribes
D. Epics
8. Which of the following is not a Sumerian invention/achievement?
A. Basins, canals, irrigation
B. The wheel
C. The six week calendar
D. cuneiform
9. What is the most important religious tradition of the Sumerians?
A. Kings
B. Scribes
C. Ziggurats
D. Pyramids
10. Hammurabi is most famous for
A. His code of laws
B. His tax system
C. Being a brilliant war leader
D. Attacking Sumer
11. Hammurabi ruled for how many years?
A. 50
B. 62
C. 96
D. 42
12. One advantage the Hittites had over other civilizations in battle was
A. Their use of the plow
B. Their use of the chariot
C. Their use of bronze
D. Their use of agriculture
13. The Hittites were conquered by which group of people?
A. The Kassites
B. The Akkadians
C. The Assyrians
D. The Babylonians
14. The ziggurats were built tall because
A. To see over the city
B. To be bigger and better
C. To be closer to the gods and