History activity, aimed at students in the ninth year of elementary school, with questions developed about Mesopotamia.
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Most of the neighboring regions [of ancient Mesopotamia] are characterized by aridity and lack of water, which discouraged settlement and caused it to be occupied by populations organized in small groups that circulated around the desert. Mesopotamia, on the other hand, presents a big difference: although marked by a desert landscape, it has a plain cut by two large rivers and several tributaries and streams.
(Marcelo Rede. Mesopotamia, 2002.)
1) Among the peoples who occupied Mesopotamia, we can mention the Sumerians, the Babylonians:
2) As each group arrived in the region, or assumed control of the local government, their customs, beliefs and traditions were incorporated. Therefore, much of the Mesopotamian culture, despite constant wars and invasions, remained:
a) Constantly changing
b) Much changed over the years
c) Unchanged
d) Independent
3) One of the characteristics that lasted all the invasions was, in general, the composition of the Mesopotamian society. The organization was basically by:
a) Estates
b) Tribes
c) Masters and slaves
d) Heredity
4) In Mesopotamia, political organization was marked by decentralization, that is, the predominant model of government in the region was that of city-states. A city-state is, in practice, a:
a) democratic state
b) Absolute State
c) unilateral state
d) sovereign and autonomous state
5) In an arid region that depended on the floods of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, it was necessary to build:
a) Advanced projects
b) Large water reserve
c) Water irrigation channels
d) a lot of rain
6) In Mesopotamia, what was the basis of the economy, directly controlled by the authorities of the city-states?
A.
Per Camila Farias.
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