Q 1 – From which word Cuneiform is derived?
(a) Latin
(b) Greek
(c) Chinese
(d) Mayan
(a) Latin
Q 2 – Which language replaced the Sumerian language after 2400 BCE?
(a) Mesopotamian language
(b) Akkadian language
(c) Chinese language
(d) Middle Eastern language
(b) Akkadian language
Q 3 – In the 2000 BCE, the city that flourished as the royal capital of Mesopotamia was
(a) Ur
(b) Mari
(c) Mohenjodaro
(d) Kalibangan
(b) Mari
Q 4 – The earliest temples in Southern Mesopotamia were built in
(a) c.4000 BCE
(b) c.5000 BCE
(c) c.6000 BCE
(d) c.7000 BCE
(b) c.5000 BCE
Q 5 – With which person, the first event of Sumerian trade is associated?
(a) The ancient ruler of Uruk City, Enmerkar
(b) The ancient ruler of Lebanon City, Enmerkar
(c) The ancient ruler of Nile City, Enmerkar
(d) The ancient ruler of Aral City, Enmerkar
(a) The ancient ruler of Uruk City, Enmerkar
Q 6 – Which region is important to Europeans because of references to it in the Old Testament,
(a) Iran
(b) Turkey
(c) Syria
(d) Mesopotamia
(d) Mesopotamia
Q 7 – Inanna was the Goddess of
(a) the Moon
(b) love and War
(c) wind
(d) fire
(b) love and War
Q 8 – From which word Cuneiform is derived from?
(a) Latin
(b) Greek
(c) Chinese
(d) Mayan
(a) Latin
Q 9 – The earliest temples in Southern Mesopotamia were built-in
(a) c.4000 BCE
(b) c.5000 BCE
(c) c.6000 BCE
(d) c.7000 BCE
(b) c.5000 BCE
Q 10 – With which person the first event of Sumerian trade is associated?
(a) The ancient ruler of Uruk City, Enmerkar.
(b) The ancient ruler of Lebanon City, Enmerkar.
(c) The ancient ruler of Nile City, Enmerkar.
(d) The ancient ruler of Aral City, Enmerkar.
(a) The ancient ruler of Uruk City, Enmerkar.
Q 11 – Mesopotamian weapons were prominently made of
(a) bronze
(b) copper
(c) stone
(d) iron
(a) bronze
Q 12 – The last Ice Age ended around:
(a) 15,000 years ago
(b) 14, 000 years ago
(c) 13,000 years ago
(d) 12,000 years ago
(c) 13,000 years ago
Q 13 – The Mesopotamian city, which was systematically excavated in the 1930s, was
(a) Uruk
(b) Ur
(c) Mari
(d) Nineveh
(b) Ur
Q 14 – The Achaemenids of Iran conquered Babylon in
(a) 639 BCE
(b) 539 BCE
(c) 439 BCE
(d) 339 BCE
(b) 539 BCE
Q 15 – The King who released Babylonia from Assyrian domination in 625 BCE was
(a) Alexander
(b) Nabonidus
(c) Nabopolassar
(d) Sargon
(c) Nabopolassar
Q 16 – The technological landmark witnessed by the urban economy of the city of Uruk was
(a) bronze tools
(b) construction of brick columns
(c) potter’s wheel
(d) oil pressing technique‘
(c) potter’s wheel
Q 17 – War captives and local people who were put to work for the temple or for the ruler were paid
(a) bronze tools
(b) cattle
(c) coins
(d) rations
(d) rations
Q 18 – In ______ part of southern Iran, the first cities and writing emerged.
(a) plain
(b) deserted
(c) mountainous
(d) hilly
(b) deserted
Q 19 – The Mesopotamian ruler who became the king of Akkad, in 2370 BCE, was
(a) Enmerkar
(b) Gilgamesh
(c) Hammurabi
(d) Sargon
(d) Sargon
Q 20 – In the 2000 BCE, the city that f lourished as the royal capital of Mesopotamia was
(a) Ur.
(b) Mari.
(c) Mohenjodaro.
(d) Kalibangan.
(b) Mari.
Q 21 – The King who released Babylonia f rom Assyrian domination in 625 BCE was
(a) Alexander.
(b) Nabonidus.
(c) Nabopolassar.
(d) Sargon.
(c) Nabopolassar.
Q 22 – War captives and local people who were put to work f or the temple or f or the ruler were paid
(a) bronze tools.
(b) cattle.
(c) coins.
(d) rations.
(d) rations
Q 23 –. In ______ part of South Iran, the f irst cities and writing emerged.
(a) plain
(b) deserted
(c) mountainous
(d) hilly
(b) deserted
Q 24 – Agriculture of southern ______ was the most productive.
(a) Iran
(b) China
(c) Mesopotamia
(d) None of the above
(c) Mesopotamia
Q 25 – Which region is important to Europeans because of ref erences to it in the Old Testament,
(a) Iran
(b) Turkey
(c) Syria
(d) Mesopotamia
(d) Mesopotamia
Q 26 – Which language replaced the Sumerian language af ter 2400 BCE?
(a) Mesopotamian language
(b) Akkadian language
(c) Chinese language
(d) Middle Eastern language
(b) Akkadian language
Q 27 – With which person the f irst event of Sumerian trade is associated?
(a) The ancient ruler of Uruk City, Enmerkar.
(b) The ancient ruler of Lebanon City, Enmerkar.
(c) The ancient ruler of Nile City, Enmerkar.
(d) The ancient ruler of Aral City, Enmerkar.
(a) The ancient ruler of Uruk City, Enmerkar
Q 28 – From which wordCuneiform is derived?
(a) Latin
(b) Greek
(c) Chinese
(d) Mayan
(a) Latin
Q 29 – Fill in the blanks
1. When we talk about writing or a script, we mean that spoken sounds are represented in …………….
2. Regular exchanges are possible only when there was a …………….
4. The writing used in Mesopotamian civilizations was in …………….
5. Ivanna was the goddess of ……………..
6. Mesopotamian country side saw repeated …………….. over land and water.
7. In the long run, the wheel enables ……………… to mass produce.
8. In Mesopotamia, cylindrical stone seals pierced down the centre were fitted with a ………………
9. Nomadic communities viz …………….. and Aramaeans came down into prosperous agricultural land to graze their cattle.
10. Moving narratives can be transmitted orally but …………….. requires written texts that generations of scholars can read and build upon.
1. Visible signs
2. Social organization
3. oxen, fish and bread loaves
4. Cuneiform
5. love and war
6. conflicts
7. a potter’s workshop
8. stick
9. Akkadians, Amorites, Assyrians
10. science
Q 30 – Write false or true:
- Iraqi date-palm and poplar was the best suitable for manufacture of carts, cart wheels and boats.
- The first Mesopotamian tablets written around 3200 BCE contained picture like signs and numbers.
- An organized trade and storage is needed in order to supply raw material to the manufacturing industries
- Enmerkar was interested in getting lapis lazuli and precious metals imported from Aratia.
- It can not be inferred that in Mesopotamia, it was kingship that organized the trade and writing.
- Temples were the first structures which gradually inspired Mesopotamian to settle in city and construct palaces as we see in Mari, the capital town.
- The palace at Mari was spread on an area of 61.8 hectares.
- False
- True
- True
- True
- False
- True
- False
Q 31 – Match the following columns appropriately.
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) 1st Century CE | (a) Cuneiform script developed |
| (ii) 2370 BCE | (b) Mari and Babylon emerged as Urban Centres |
| (iii) 3000 BCE | (c) First written clay tablet |
| (iv) 7000 – 6000 BCE | (d) Sumerian replaced by Akkadian |
| (v) 1850 | (e) Earliest temple built. |
| (vi) 2600 BCE | (f) Akkadian and Cuneiform script remain in use. |
| (vii) 3200 BCE | (g) Cunieform script deciphered |
| (viii) 5000 BCE | (h) Sargon, king of Akkad |
| (ix) 2400 BCE | (i) Beginning of agriculture |
| (x) 2000 BCE | (j) Uruk developed into a huge city |
| Column A | Column B |
| (i) 1st Century CE | (f) Akkadian and Cuneiform script remain in use. |
| (ii) 2370 BCE | (h) Sargon, king of Akkad |
| (iii) 3000 BCE | (j) Uruk developed into a huge city |
| (iv) 7000 – 6000 BCE | (i) Beginning of agriculture |
| (v) 1850 | (g) Cunieform script deciphered |
| (vi) 2600 BCE | (a) Cuneiform script developed |
| (vii) 3200 BCE | (c) First written clay tablet |
| (viii) 5000 BCE | (e) Earliest temple built. |
| (ix) 2400 BCE | (d) Sumerian replaced by Akkadian |
| (x) 2000 BCE | (b) Mari and Babylon emerged as Urban Centres |