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Mesopotamia (Aguilar) - Quiz
Contributed by: Aguilar
  • 1. Which is a river of Mesopotamia?
A) Euphrates River
B) Amazon River
C) Nile River
D) Missouri River
  • 2. King ____________ was known for his laws of the land
A) Babylon
B) Mesopotamia
C) Hammurabi
D) Ur
  • 3. What Does Mesopotamia mean?
A) “Land between 2 rivers”
B) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
C) “Land of Hammurabi”
D) “Land of the first civilization”
  • 4. The term is known as the world’s first writing?
A) Babylon
B) stylus
C) English
D) Cuneiform
  • 5. A civilization is a __________________.
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning
B) River in Mesopotamia
C) People and how they speak
D) Ruler
  • 6. In what area is ancient Mesopotamia found in?
A) Fertile Crescent
B) Australia
C) Fertile River
D) South America
  • 7. What is the name of the Ancient Mesopotamian temple?
A) Synagogue
B) Pyramid
C) Ziggurat
D) Church
  • 8. Polytheism is the belief in many Gods, ______________ is the belief in 1 God.
A) Jew
B) Monotheism
C) Islam
D) Polytheism
  • 9. Ancient Mesopotamia is found in what present day country?
A) Egypt
B) Iraq
C) Saudi Arabia
D) Antarctica
  • 10. A government is a ________________.
A) Form of religion
B) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians
C) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
D) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs
  • 11. Mesopotamia is a great river valley formed by__________________.
A) The Tigris and Euphrates
B) The Nile
C) The Red Sea
D) The Orontes
  • 12. Writing grew out of the need to....
A) To tell stories
B) To keep cows
C) To keep records
D) To make public signs
  • 13. Mesopotamia is found in this continent?
A) Asia
B) Africa
C) France
D) South America
  • 14. Mesopotamia was the first civilization. (Worth 2 pts)
A) False
B) True
  • 15. Mesopotamia is often referred to as?
A) Cradle of Civilization
B) Cradle of Islam
C) Cradle of Laws
D) Cradle of land
  • 16. How do we know that Mesopotamia is a civilization.
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