Ancient Mesopotamia Video Questions

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Ancient MesopotamiaVideo Questions
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1. What is archeology?
A The study of beginnings
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2 What does the Greek word, Mesopotamia mean?
A Land between the (two) rivers
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3 What was one of the reasons people started to
dig between the Tigris and the Euphrates Rivers?
A To see if the stories in the Bible were true.
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4. In what year did Americans first dig in
Mesopotamia?
A 1889
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5. Ur was described in the Bible as the
birthplace of _____________.
A Abraham
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6 Like the Egyptians, Sumerians believed in an
___________.
A Afterlife
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7 In the royal tombs at Ur, a board game was
found similar to a game we know as __________
A Backgammon
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8 Name two things the Sumerians were the first
to start.

• Educational system
• Government
• Architecture
• Writing (cuneiform)

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9 Built in the center of Sumerian cities was a
___________
A Ziggurat
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10 Sumerians had at least _______ gods.
A 3,000 (polytheism the belief in many gods)
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11 Ur had a population of about ________ people.
A 30,000 (worlds largest city in 2100 B.C.)
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12 Name two foods that Sumerians grew.
A Wheat barley (dates, veggies, too)
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13 Most Sumerians died before the age of ______
A 40 years old
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15 Iron was the metal from (1)_______ and was
worth more than (2) _______.
A (1) Heaven (2) 8 x gold
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16 Use an adjective to describe the Assyrians.
A Cruel
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17 What was the Assyrians favorite sport?
A Lion Hunting
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18 The discovery of Assyrian gold and jewelry
shows that the Assyrians were _________
A Artists and craftsmen
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19 What great civilization followed Assyria?
A Babylon
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20 What is one thing you liked about this video?
A Any reasonable answer accepted