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Loosely translated the term
Mesopotamia means
a) Sacred carved inscriptions
b) Dry parched land
c) Land between two rivers
d) Public meeting place
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The eastern most river in
Mesopotamia is
a) Tigris
b) Nile
c) Euphrates
d) Tiber
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The westernmost river located
In Mesopotamia is
a) Tiber
b) Euphrates
c) Tigris
d) Indus
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Mesopotamia’s twin rivers
Emptied into what body of
water
a) Mediterranean Sea
b) Persian Gulf
c) Caspian Sea
d) Black Sea
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Sumerian city-states did not
Unite and become one large
Empire because they were
a) Often destroyed by floods
b) Ruled by kings
c) Culturally very different
d) Separated by long distances
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The region known as the fertile
Crescent includes parts of
Modern-day
a) Oman, Yemen & Qatar
b) Kuwait, Iran & Afghanistan
c) Iraq, Turkey, Syria & Israel
d) Egypt, Sudia Arabia & UAE
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How did ancient the Sumerians
Handle climatic problems
a) They moved to a new region b) Building an Irrigation system
c) They used fertilizers
d) They quit farming & traded
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Basic political division in Sumer
Made up of a city & its
Surrounding lands & villages
a) city-state
b) empire
c) nation
d) confederation
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People who created the
Earliest known civilization
a) Hittites
b) Chaldeans
c) Sumerians
d) Phoenicians
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Sumerian sites such as Ur,
Uruk and Lagash are
Considered by historians to be
a) The birth place of polytheism
b) The world’s first cities
c) The first to create works of art
d) The first to use steel
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What was a major cause of
Wars between the Sumerian
City-states?
a) Disputes over land & water
b) Stealing livestock
c) Religious disagreements
d) Disputes over mineral rights
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Present day country that includes
most of Mesopotamia
a) Saudi Arabia
b) Turkey
c) Iraq
d) Syria
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Southern Mesopotamia was
The home of the earliest
Known civilization called
a) Sumer
b) Assyria
c) Akkad
d) Babylonia
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