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MESOPOTAMIA QUIZ EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: This same story is similar to what other story?

Answer:

stories told in the Bible's book of Genesis Question 2: How did Egypt's natural climate affect the religion of its people compared to the religion of Mesopotamia?

Answer:

People of Egypt had a more optimistic religion than that of the people of Mesopotamia

Question 3: What were the tools and weapons of hunter-gatherers were made of?

Answer:

Stone, wood, and bone

Question 4: What are the two rivers that form Mesopotamia?

Answer:

Tigris and Euphrates

Question 5: Because of its shape and the soil, what is another name for Mesopotamia?

Answer:

Fertile Crescent

Question 6: What was the most important building in a Sumerian town?

Answer:

The ziggurat (temple) Question 7: In what types of locations did the Agricultural Revolution first take place?

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River Valleys Question 8: When Egypt was conquered by the Hyksos, what new military weapons did these invaders use?

Answer:

Horse drawn chariots and bronze weapons

Question 9: What did the ancient Sumerians write on?

Answer:

clay tablets Question 10: Why was Egyptian civilization allowed to develop for many centuries without outside interference?

Answer:

The natural features of desert and sea made it difficult for invaders to approach Egypt

Question 11: What was the first use of the wheel?

Answer:

to build with potter's wheels Question 12: The Nile River flowed north and the winds blew south. How did this affect transportation?

Answer:

allowed for early river transport and trade

Question 13: What things was Egypt's Middle Kingdom known for?

Answer:

Public works replaced monuments; many swamps drained and irrigation projects completed Question 14: In Mesopotamia, the people who kept written records were called what?

Answer:

Scribes

Question 15: What was the written language of the Sumerians called?

Answer:

cuneiform

Question 16: Describe the Nile's flood pattern

Answer:

predictable Question 17: What is the name of the system people build to bring water to dry lands?

Answer:

irrigation Question 18: During what part of Egypt's history were most of the large pyramids built?

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Egypt's Old Kingdom Question 19: During the Agricultural Revolution, how did people change their ways of obtaining food?

Answer:

They changed from being hunter-gatherers to farmers

Question 20: What made the great building projects of Egypt easier?

Answer:

the use of simple machines

Question 21: What made transporting cargo against the current of a river easier?

Answer:

the invention of the sailboat

Question 22: What was the name of the written story of a Sumerian king/god

Answer:

The Epic of Gilgamesh

Question 23: During the Old Kingdom, how did people think of the pharaoh?

Answer:

The Pharoah was considered a god