series of rulers from a single family

Sumerians invented what?

Arithmetic, Geometry, and the Base 60 system

What could women do in Sumerian society?

Hold property and work as a merchant

A ziggurat is used for what in Mesopotamia?

worship, marketplace, and collecting taxes, gladiator battles between city-states

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1
Mesopotamia means:
Land of Enchantment
Land between two rivers
Land between mountains and plains
Land of Milk and Honey
2
What is a dynasty?
golden state warriors
series of rulers from a single family
two rulers from different households
tv show from the 1980s
3
What was Hammurabis enduring legacy?
no legacy at all
he wrote a book called How to keep a Ziggurat Nice and Orderly
code of laws
book of commandments
4
Sumerians invented what?
Calculus, Physics, and the Rudder.
Hieroglyphics, Trigonometry, and the Metric System
Paper, steel, and glue.
Arithmetic, Geometry, and the Base 60 system
5
Two rivers that are in Mesopotamia
Nile and Amazon
Indus and Jordan
Yellow and Mississippi
Euphrates and Tigris
6
Who ruled the city-state in times of peace?
commander
priest
farmer
merchant
7
They are the first group to form civilization:
babylonians
akkadians
egyptians
sumerians
8
What country is Mesopotamia in?
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Egypt
9
When city-states exchanged and traded long distances for goods and ideas is called?
trade routes
cultural diffusion
peace time
getting along
10
Region's curved shape and richness of land is called:
Farmington
Fertile Croissant
Fertile Crescent
Richland Circle
11
What could women do in Sumerian society?
Hold property and work as a merchant
Nothing
Be a blacksmith
Be president
12
A ziggurat is used for what in Mesopotamia?
worship, marketplace, and collecting taxes
gladiator battles between city-states
king's palace and animals were kept there in the winter
storage facility and priests living quarters
13
What is a city-state?
an entire country
city that is within a state
only the city itself
each city and surrounding land
14
What people were on top of the social class order?
merchants
farmers and fieldworkers
kings and priests
slaves
15
What is polytheism?
worship of three gods
worship of many gods
worship of one god
worship of one and half gods

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