Writing and City Life Notes and Assignment
Writing and City Life Notes and Assignment
Writing and City Life Notes and Assignment
Assignments
1. The first known language of Mesopotamia was
a. Akkadiyan b. Assyirian c. Aramic d. Sumerian
2. Identify the Mesopotamian city that has been mentioned as a land of brick
built city in the Book of Genesis of the Old Testament
a. Sumer b. Ur c. Babylon d. Nineveh
3. The moon god of Mesopotamia was
a. Dagan b. Inanna c. Gilgamesh d. Mari
4. Some of the tablets refer to copper for making the alloy bronze was brought
From
a. Turkey b. Alashiya c. Syria d. Iran
5. Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other
labelled as Reason (R) Read the statements and choose the correct option.
(A) Water transport was the most popular mode of transport in Ancient
Mesopotamia.
(R) Transporting goods on was not possible in those days as there were no
proper roads.
Options
(a) Both (A) and (B) are correct and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(b) Both (A) and (B) are correct and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(c) (A) is correct but, (R ) is not correct.
(d) (R ) is correct but, (A) is not correct.
6. Choose the correct option from the list.
List 1 List 2
I Assurbanipal a. King of Akkad
II Nabodidus b. King of Assyria
III Gilgamesh c. Last ruler of Babylon
IV Sargon d. Ruler of Urk
Options
I II III IV
A c d B a
B b c D a
C d a C b
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