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The people who finally defeated Babylon and ended the Babylonian Captivity were called…
The Jonas Brothers
The Persians
The Assyrians
The Nomads
2
Where does the word “Alphabet” come from?
The name of the first book ever written
Alpha and Beta, which begin the Greek alphabet
The Greek goddess of wisdom
The name of the person who invented it
3
Mesopotamian laws are often thought of as being “an eye for an eye,” but they were also based on what other factor?
People's religion
People's place in society
People's language
People's race
4
The northern edge of Mesopotamia is protected by what geographic feature?
The Zagros Mountain Range
The Pacific Ocean
The Mediterranean Sea
The Siberian Tundra
5
What does the
Epic of Gilgamesh
have in common with the stories in the Hebrew Bible?
They both focus only on one central "hero"
They both contain a story of a great flood
They were both written in Cuneiform
They were both set completely in Egypt
6
Under the rule of Hammurabi, the center of the Mesopotamian Empire was…
Thomasville
Ur
Assyria
Babylon
7
Saddam Hussein suggested that he was going to restore the glory of Babylon by claiming that he was the...
"New Alexander"
"New Gilgamesh"
"New Nebuchadnezzar"
"New Cyrus"
8
The Mesopotamian god of “justice” who is pictured in stone giving some of the earliest laws to Hammurabi was called…
ShamWow
Gilgamesh
Shamash
Ishtar
9
The European leader who eventually conquered Mesopotamia and many other areas after defeating the Persians was called...
Cleopatra
Julius Caesar
Alexander the Great
Leonidas
10
When a group of a people is able to create more resources than they immediately need, it is called…
Surplus
Nomadism
Hunter-gathering
Cuneiform
11
A very early form of writing that utilized wedge-shaped symbols pressed into clay tablets was known as…
Phoenician
Igpay Atinlay
Cuneiform
Mesopotamian
12
The ancient people who lived in southern Mesopotamia and had a number system based on the number 60 were called…
Nomads
Sumerians
Phoenicians
Egyptians
13
An independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory is known as a...
Ziggurat
Nomad
City-State
Babylon
14
Which of the following processes involves carefully managing water to help grow crops?
Irrigation
Hunter-gathering
Polytheism
Cuneiform
15
According to the
Epic of Gilgamesh
, the ancient Mesopotamians believed that after someone died, their soul would have to
Go to the "house of dust"
Disappear forever
Repeat 6th grade
Go to heaven or hell
16
Mesopotamia is located on what continent?
Europe
Africa
Asia
Australia
17
The stepped-pyramid shaped structures built as temples throughout ancient Mesopotamia were known as…
Law Codes
Ziggurats
Cuneiform
Babylonians
18
The direction at the top of the compass rose is called...
West
South
East
North
19
One of the “seven wonders of the ancient world” was constructed by Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon, what was it?
A series of hanging gardens
A great pyramid
A temple
A giant statue
20
Which language originated under the Assyrians and eventually became the language spoken by Jesus in the Roman Period?
Sumerian
Cuneiform
Aramaic
Babylonian
21
Which group was the first to develop iron weapons and used them to conquer part of northern Mesopotamia?
The Babylonians
The Persians
The Nomads
The Hittites
22
What new skill made agriculture possible?
Nomadism
Cuneiform
Polytheism
Irrigation
23
The founder of the Akkadian Empire, one of the world’s earliest known empires, was named…
Nebuchadnezzar
Gilgamesh
Sargon
Ziggurat
24
The legendary figure in Mesopotamian mythology who tried to seek immortality was called...
Ziggurat
Gilligan
Gilgamesh
Enkidu
25
People in Mesopotamia who trained to write and keep records were called…
Nomads
Babylonians
Scribes
Ziggurats
26
Mesopotamia was part of what region known for having excellent crop growing land?
The Fertile Crescent
Phoenicia
The Croppy Crescent
The Golden Triangle
27
The Hittites came from a region northwest of Mesopotamia, in what modern country?
India
Iraq
Egypt
Turkey
28
Mesopotamia is mostly located in the modern day country of…
Iraq
China
Egypt
India
29
One thing the Assyrians were known for constructing was…
Aqueducts
Pyramids
PlayStations
Libraries
30
There are two important rivers in Mesopotamia; the southern-most river is…
The Ganges
The Euphrates
The Nile
The Tigris
31
The worship of many gods or deities is known as...
Monotheism
Cuneiform
Henotheism
Polytheism
32
Mesopotamia is known as…
"The land between two pots"
"The land between two rivers"
"The land between two Babylonians"
"The land between two Assyrians"
33
Which one of the following is not a theme of the
Epic of Gilgamesh
?
Pride
Monotheism
Friendship
Death
34
The Mesopotamian goddess of love and beauty was known as…
Gilgamesh
Shamash
Ishtar
Taylor Swift
35
There are two important rivers in Mesopotamia; the northern-most river is…
The Euphrates
The Ganges
The Tigris
The Nile
36
What was the name of the Persian king who conquered Babylon and ended the Babylonian Captivity?
Gilgamesh
Hammurabi
Cyrus the Great
Billy Ray Cyrus
37
An early set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian Empire was…
The Ziggurat Code
Assyria's Code
Hammurabi's Code
The Babylon Code
38
The world’s earliest civilizations tended to develop around what kind of natural resource?
Rivers
Jungles
Marble
Oil
39
The ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia known for their terrible brutality was called…
The Euphrates
Assyria
Egypt
Ur
40
The Sumerian’s base-60 number system forms the foundation for our modern…
Hours, minutes, and seconds
Grams, kilograms, and micrograms
Tons, pounds, and ounces
Teaspoons, tablespoons, and cups
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Slavery in ancient Mesopotamia was usually based on…
Race
Religion
Who was captured in battle
Language
