Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Choose the best
answer.
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Where did the ancient
civilization of Sumer develop?
a. | in northern
Mesopotamia | b. | near modern-day Syria | c. | east of the Persian Gulf | d. | in the southern part of the Fertile
Crescent |
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What artifacts were most likely
left behind by the Ubaid people?
a. | royal
tombs | b. | alluvial plains | c. | clay tablets containing written records | d. | pottery and farming
tools |
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For what invention are the
Sumerians best known?
a. | the
plow | c. | metalwork | b. | tombs with artifacts | d. | written records |
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Why did the Sumerians invent
standard measurements for weight?
a. | to practice
polytheism | c. | to better write
cuneiform | b. | to measure grain harvests | d. | to conquer more city-states |
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Which of these Sumerians was of
the highest social class?
a. | bronze
metalworker | c. | scribe | b. | priest | d. | merchant |
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What happened to the
Sumerians?
a. | They disappeared for reasons still
not understood. | b. | They were conquered and became part of a larger
empire. | c. | They migrated to Mesopotamia. | d. | They migrated to
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Each list shows three names.
Which list gives the names in correct time order, from earliest to latest?
a. | Sargon, Nebuchadnezzar,
Hammurabi | b. | Uruk, Kish, Eridu | c. | Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians | d. | Assyrians, Akkadians,
Kassites |
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Choose the term that best
completes the sentence.
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A religion based on the worship
of many gods is called ____.
a. | polytheism | d. | deity | b. | cuneiform | e. | city-state | c. | ziggurat |
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An urban center and surrounding
farmland, all under a single government, is called a ____.
a. | polytheism | d. | deity | b. | cuneiform | e. | city-state | c. | ziggurat |
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In each urban center, Sumerian
workers built a tall brick temple called a ____.
a. | polytheism | d. | deity | b. | cuneiform | e. | city-state | c. | ziggurat |
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A system of writing in which
marks are carved into clay tablets is called ____.
a. | polytheism | d. | deity | b. | cuneiform | e. | city-state | c. | ziggurat |
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The Sumerians worshipped the
____ known as Enki, the water god.
a. | polytheism | d. | deity | b. | cuneiform | e. | city-state | c. | ziggurat |
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