The area known as Mesopotamia was mostly located within which modern-day country

Question

The area known as Mesopotamia was mostly located within which modern-day country in the Middle East?

Iran

Iraq

Saudi Arabia

Turkey

Incorrect. Most of Mesopotamia did not lie within modern-day Iran.

Question 2

Why did urban society establish itself earlier in southern Mesopotamia than in the northern part of the area?

Flooding of the rivers was less likely in southern Mesopotamia.

Silt deposited by the rivers made the southern region more fertile.

The climate was most favorable near the mouth of the Persian Gulf.

Mountains surrounding southern Mesopotamia protected it from outsiders.

Incorrect. The southern part of Mesopotamia was not less susceptible to flooding than other parts.

Question3

Fill in the blank" question: select the correct answer.

The area that scholars refer to as the Fertile Crescent extends __________of Mesopotamia to the edge of the Mediterranean Sea.

east

west

north

none

Question 4

"Fill in the blank" question: select the correct answer.

The Hittite Kingdoms, Old Assyrian Kingdom and the Kassite Kingdom all collapsed around the year

1500

.1200

900

Incorrect. The collapse of these three kingdoms happened later than 1500 BCE.

Question 5

"Fill in the blank" question: select the correct answer.

A technological innovation that arrived in Mesopotamia as a result of cultural diffusion was the

solar calendar

chariot

bow and arrow

.

Incorrect. The solar calendar was not brought to Mesopotamia as a result of cultural diffusion.

Question 6

"Fill in the blank" question: select the correct answer.

Ancient Egypt was located in the

northern

part of the area shown in this map.

Incorrect. Ancient Egypt was not located in the northern part of this area.

Which Egyptian city on the map was built on the most fertile land?

Akhetaten

Heliopolis

Jericho

Thebes

Incorrect. Thebes was located south of the Nile Delta.

Question7

"Fill in the blank" question: select the correct answer.

The Egyptian ruler ________ is remembered both for bringing peace to Egypt and for building some of Egypt’s greatest monuments.

Mentuhotep II

Ramses II

Snefru

Incorrect. Mentuhotep II is known for restoring unity to Egypt at the beginning of the Middle Kingdom, but not for his monuments.

Question 8

Which statement best describes a key reason why the governments of both Mesopotamia and Egypt collapsed around 1200 BCE?

Poor leadership led to numerous political crises.

Invaders from the sea attacked their cities and coasts.

Famine and disease spread to large numbers of the population.

Feuds between Mesopotamian and Egyptian traders led to economic woes.

Incorrect. Internal pressures did not cause the collapse of either civilization

Question9

"Fill in the blank" question: select the correct answer.

The main environmental threat to the Harappan civilization was ________?

earthquakes

.heavy rains

tropic storms

Incorrect. While earthquakes may have plagued the Harappan civilization toward the time of its collapse, they were not the greatest environmental problem to affect them.

Question 10

What aspect of the Harappan civilization was unique in the ancient world?

its cities’ designs

its agricultural methods

its sculpture and pottery

its language and writing system

Incorrect. Harappan sculpture and pottery were distinctive but not unique.

Question11

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Like Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus River valley, the area between the Yellow and Yangtze rivers had fertile soil. But while the other river valleys’ soil was rich with ___________

loess

peat

silt

, the Yellow and Yangtze River Valleys contained another type of soil known as _____________

peat

silt

loess

Incorrect. The soils of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus River Valley were not rich in loess.

Incorrect. The soil of the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers’ valleys was not rich in peat.

Question12

Fill in the blank" question: select the correct answer.

In ancient China, the king’s power was typically ___________ that of the rulers of Egypt and Mesopotamia.

equal to

Greater than

less than

Incorrect. The Chinese king did not have power equal to that of the kings of Egypt and Mesopotamia.

Question 13

What was the most significant direct result of widespread iron use in China during the Zhou dynasty?

The Chinese empire expanded due to a stronger army with better weapons.

A booming iron casting industry developed in the southern provinces.

People moved in droves from the Yellow to the Yangtze River valley.

The Zhou dynasty collapsed as the Chinese Bronze Age came to an end.

Incorrect. The Zhou dynasty did not end as a result of the end of the Bronze Age.

Explanation / Answer

1) The area known as Mesopotamia was mostly located within which modern-day country in the Middle East?

Answer:Iraq

In modern-days Mesopotamia corresponds to mostly Irag and kuwait, eastern syria, South- eastern Turkey , the places near Turkey-Syria and Iran–Iraq borders.

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