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Mesopotamia Quiz
Middle school social studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| During the Agricultural Revolution, how did people change their ways of obtaining food? | They changed from being hunter-gatherers to farmers |
| In what types of locations did the Agricultural Revolution first take place? | River Valleys |
| What were the tools and weapons of hunter-gatherers were made of? | Stone, wood, and bone |
| In Mesopotamia, the people who kept written records were called what? | Scribes |
| Because of its shape and the soil, what is another name for Mesopotamia? | Fertile Crescent |
| What was the most important building in a Sumerian town? | The ziggurat (temple) |
| What was the name of the written story of a Sumerian king/god | The Epic of Gilgamesh |
| This same story is similar to what other story? | stories told in the Bible's book of Genesis |
| What was the written language of the Sumerians called? | cuneiform |
| What did the ancient Sumerians write on? | clay tablets |
| What are the two rivers that form Mesopotamia? | Tigris and Euphrates |
| What is the name of the system people build to bring water to dry lands? | irrigation |
| During what part of Egypt’s history were most of the large pyramids built? | Egypt's Old Kingdom |
| When Egypt was conquered by the Hyksos, what new military weapons did these invaders use? | Horse drawn chariots and bronze weapons |
| During the Old Kingdom, how did people think of the pharaoh? | The Pharoah was considered a god |
| What things was Egypt’s Middle Kingdom known for? | Public works replaced monuments; many swamps drained and irrigation projects completed |
| Describe the Nile’s flood pattern | predictable |
| The Nile River flowed north and the winds blew south. How did this affect transportation? | allowed for early river transport and trade |
| How did Egypt’s natural climate affect the religion of its people compared to the religion of Mesopotamia? | People of Egypt had a more optimistic religion than that of the people of Mesopotamia |
| Why was Egyptian civilization allowed to develop for many centuries without outside interference? | The natural features of desert and sea made it difficult for invaders to approach Egypt |
| What was the first use of the wheel? | to build with potter's wheels |
| What made transporting cargo against the current of a river easier? | the invention of the sailboat |
| What made the great building projects of Egypt easier? | the use of simple machines |
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