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Grade 8 · Social Studies · Unit 8 of 28

Mesopotamia

Cuneiform, ziggurats and the first city-states

What your child practises

Children learn about life between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers: city-states, irrigation, writing, laws and technology.

Manitoba Curriculum learning outcome: 8-KI-013, 8-KI-014, 8-KL-023, 8-KL-024, 8-KH-029, 8-KH-030, 8-KP-045, 8-KE-054 · life, art and science, geography, writing, governance and technology in Mesopotamia

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Today, most of ancient Mesopotamia is in…

    • India
    • Egypt
    • Iraq
    • Greece

  2. Question 2

    Mesopotamia means “the land…”

    • on the mountain
    • beside the sea
    • of the sun
    • between the rivers

  3. Question 3

    Which two rivers shaped Mesopotamia?

    • the Yellow and the Yangtze
    • the Nile and the Congo
    • the Tigris and the Euphrates
    • the Indus and the Ganges

  4. Question 4

    A ziggurat was…

    • a stepped temple tower
    • a boat
    • a marketplace
    • a palace garden

  5. Question 5

    The Mesopotamians used a counting system based on 60. We still use it when we measure…

    • distance in metres
    • money in dollars
    • time in minutes and angles
    • weights in kilograms

  6. Question 6

    Which was a result of the flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates?

    • only danger
    • both help and danger: new soil, but also damage
    • only help
    • no effect

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