Mesopotamia Content-6th Grade

Question 1

Mesopotamia is the region between what two rivers?

Answer 1

Euphrates and Tigris

Question 2

Group of people who have a complex and organized way of life is a…

Answer 2

Civilization

Question 3

Worship of many gods

Answer 3

Polytheism

Question 4

Rectangular stepped tower consisting of a series of stackers, rectangular platforms

Answer 4

Ziggurat

Question 5

Area of earth with common physical features

Answer 5

Region

Question 6

City that is an individual unit, complete with its own government and traditions

Answer 6

City-state

Question 7

Soil rich in material to grow plants

Answer 7

Fertile

Question 8

Place where gods lived and linked earth to heaven

Answer 8

Ziggurats

Question 9

System of transporting water to crops

Answer 9

Irrigation

Question 10

Large territory under one ruler

Answer 10

Empire

Question 11

The defeat of another group

Answer 11

Conquest

Question 12

Well respected professional writers

Answer 12

Scribes

Question 13

Modern-day country of Mesopotamia

Answer 13

Iraq

Question 14

Reason mesopotamians used clay and mud-bricks for paper and houses

Answer 14

There was a lot of it where they lived

Question 15

Describe hammurabis code

Answer 15

Harsh, punishments depend on social class

Question 16

Nebuchadnezzar at of Babylon

Answer 16

Built hanging gardens for his homesick wife

Question 17

Characteristics of a city-state

Answer 17

Tall thick walls, king own lawn, gods lived in ziggurat

Question 18

Purpose of Gilgamesh’s journey

Answer 18

To try and get eternal life

Question 19

What happened in Iraqi museums during the 2003 war

Answer 19

Stolen or looted

Question 20

Mesopotamian gift used today

Answer 20

Answers will vary

Question 21

Civilization that focused on conquering other city-sates

Answer 21

Assyrians