Mesotopotamia
Primary/Secondary
Economics
Timelines
Random
100
5.) What did the Tigris and Euphrates bring onto the shores of Mesopotamia?
a.) Dangerous animals
b.) Silt
c.) Material to build steel weapons
b.) Silt
100
Which source would be more reliable to find out information about the Neolithic/Paleolithic age?
a.) A Hollywood movie about it
b.) A map about of Neolithic settlements
c.) A magazine article from a Stone Age researcher
100
14.) Supply or demand? You have 14 pizzas.
a.) Supply
b.) Demand
a.) Supply
100
8.) What year takes place first?
a.) AD
b.) BC
b.) BC
100
18.) What was cuneiform?
a.) A spoken Mesopotamian language
b.) A Mesopotamian religion
c.) Mesopotamian writing to preserve records
c.) Mesopotamian writing to preserve records
200
6.) What is silt?
a.) Dangerous animals
b.) Dirt used for farming
c.) Material used for iron weapons
b.) Dirt used for farming
200
2.) You need secondary sources about Mesopotamia. How would you find out the most reliable information?
a.) Talk to people who live in the Middle East
b.) Look at a lot of them to get a well-rounded reading
c.) Look at old artifacts from the civilization
b.) Look at a lot of them to get a well-rounded reading
200
15.) Supply or demand? 14 customers are lined up on Black Friday to buy computers.
a.) Supply
b.) Demand
b.) Demand
200
What year takes place last?
a.) AD
b.) BC
a.) AD
200
Name a Mesopotamian job towards the top of a social hierarchy pyramid.
300
7.) What did the Mesopotamians do to water faraway places?
a.) Moved to a new river
b.) Prayed to gods
c.) Create irrigation canals
c.) Create irrigation canals
300
4.) You see a book titled “Mesopotamia: Religions and Gods” How can you check if this is a good source?
a.) Read a book about Mesopotamia’s Government
b.) Talk to a professor of Mesopotamian religion
c.) Compare it with another book about Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses
c.) Compare it with another book about Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses
300
11.) Iraq has oil but no air planes. Ohio has air planes but no oil. How can both countries get what they want?
a.) Go to war and steal what they don’t have
b.) Trade with each other
c.) Create their own airplane or oil company in their country
b.) Trade with each other
300
Do BC years go from biggest to smallest or smallest to biggest?
Biggest to smallest
300
What came first? Neolithic or Paleolithic?
Paleolithic
400
What was Hammurabi’s code?
a.) A Mesopotamian religion
b.) A computer program to translate cuneiform
c.) The first written laws and consequences
c.) The first written laws and consequences
400
Which of these is a primary source?
a.) Cuneiform tablet
b.) Historical documentary
a.) Cuneiform tablet
400
16.) What is an example of specialization?
a.) A country making a product it is good at making with its own natural resources
b.) Workers choosing jobs they are poor at
c.) USA going to war with Iraq over oil
a.) A country making a product it is good at making with its own natural resources
400
B.C. is also known as...
400
When you increase the price on something, demand...
a.) Increases
b.) Decreases
b.) Decreases
500
13.) The Mesopotamians were...
a.) Atheistic
b.) Monotheistic
c.) Polytheistic
c.) Polytheistic
500
Which of these is a secondary source?
a.) History textbook
b.) Diary of Anne Frank from WWII
500
True or false: Apple and Samsung competing with each other is a good thing that improves their phones.
True
500
A.D. is also known as...
500
19.) What is this area called?
a.) Middle East
b.) Central America
c.) Land Between the Mountains
a.) Middle East