THE
MESOPOTAMIAN CIVILIZATION
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Q1)) What is the meaning of
Mesopotamian ?
(i) Fort
(ii) City within two rivers
(iv) Heaven on earth
(iii) Land between two rivers
Q2) What is the present name of
Mesopotamian ?
(i) Iran
(ii) Afghanistan
iii) Greece
(iv) Iraq
Q3)Who is Patteshi?
(i) Ruler
(ii) Priest
(iii)Chief of the army
(iv) Minister
Q4) The word 'Sumerian' means
(i)Nomadic tribe
(ii) The inhabitants of South Pole
(iii) Man with strong body
(iv) A man having black head
Q5) The Sumerian Script is known as-
(i) Hieroglyphy
(ii) Cuneiform Writing
(iii) Palaeography
(iv) ilat writing
Q6) Name the man who was first
able to read the Sumerian Script.
(i) Herodotus
(ii) Napoleon
(iii) Champollion
(iv) Henry Rowlison
Q7) By reading knowledge could be
gathered about Sumerian Civilisation,
(i) Roshetta Stone
(ii) Rock of Behistan
(iii) Gilgamesh
(iv) Boghozkoi Inscription
Q8) What do you mean by Ziggurat ?
(i) Great Palace
(ii) The temple of the Egyptians
(Ⅲ) The temple of the Sumerians
(iv) Fort
Q9) Which city of the Sumerians was
famous as an international trading
centre?
(i) Assur
(i) Ur
(iii) Lagus
(iv) Kish
Q10) The great literary creation of the
Sumerians is-
(i) Gilgamesh
(ii) Book of the Dead
(iii) Five Classics
(iv) Hymn to Aton
Q11) Who is regarded as the first law
giver ?
(i) Akhnaton
(ii) Alexander
(iii) Hammurabi
(iv) Asurbanipal
Q12) Who had built the 'Hanging
Garden'?
(i) Asurbanipal
(ii) Alexander
(iii) Hammurabi
(iv) Nebuchandnezzar
Q13)Who are famous as the first
inventor of Coins in the world.
(i) The Sumerians
(ii) The Assyrians
(iii) The Egyptians
(iv) The Babylonians
Q14) After whose name the capital of
the Assyrians was named as Ninevh
(i) Nina
(ii) Neferttiti
(ii) Nipur
(iv) Marduk
Q15) Which Civilization used Horse
and Chariot for the first time in war?
(i) The Egyptian
(ii) The Assyrian
(iii) The Chinese
(iv) The Sumerian
Q16) Which is known as the 'Land of
Fertile Half Moon'?
(Mesopotanian)
Q17) What is the meaning of
'Sumerian'?
(Aman having black head)
Q18) By what name was the Priest of
the Sumerians known?
(Patteshi)
Q19) By what name the writings of
the Sumerians was known.
(Cuneiform)
Q20) What is the meaning of Ziggurat?
(The hill of the heaven)
Q21) Wheel and Chariot are whose
contribution to the World History?
(Sumerians)
Q22) Whose great literary work is
'Gilgamesh'?
(Babylonians)
Q23) Who are the first law giver of
the World?
(Babylonians)Hammurabi
Q24) From whom did Hammurabi
receive the Codes?
(God Samas)
Q25) How many Sections were there
in 'Code Hammurabi?
(285)
Q26) Mesopotamian means
_____________.
(A land between two rivers)
Q27) The Sumerians used ___________.
(Cuneiform Writing)
Q28) Jiggurat means ___________.
(Hill of the heaven)
Q29) The sky god of the Sumerians
was _________ .
(Anu)
Q30) 'Story of the Flood' is the literary
works of the ____________.
(Sumerians)
Q31) 'Gilgamesh' is the sacred
literature of the __________.
(Babylonians)
Q32) Anu was the _____________.
(Deity of the Sky)
Q33) The influential priestly class of
the Sumerians were known
as___________.
(Patteshi)
Q34) Sahacherib established his
capital at__________.
(Ninevh)
Q35) The meaning of Jiggurat is
__________.
(Hill of the heavens)
Q36) Gilgamesh is_________.
(A Babylonian Hero / Sacred book of
the Babylonians)
Q37).............. was able to decipher
the Cuneiform writings of the
Babylonians.
(Henry Rowlison)
Q38) The Sumerian temples were
known as_________.
(Ziggurat)
Q39) __________ was the God of
Nipur City.
(Enlil)
Q40) Hammurabi is associatred with
_________ Civilization.
(Babylonion)
Q41) __________ Code spelt 'An eye
for an eye and a tooth for a tooth'.
(Hammurabi)
Q42) For the first time, the people of
__________ civilization used horse in
the war.
(Assyrians)
Q43) ....................was the chief
goddess of the Assyrians.
(Nina)
