Ancient Mesopotamia

Question 1

The ______ and the _______ rivers are the most important geographical features of Mesopotamia.

Accepted Answer

Tigris, Euphrates

Question 2

Who created a list of laws and displayed them so all people would know about them?

Accepted Answer

Hammurabi

Question 3

Who conquered the Fertile Crescent and created the first empire?

Accepted Answer

Sargon

Question 4

What did a famous Babylonian king develop to help rule his people?

Accepted Answer

Hammurabi’s code

Question 5

Define the following word or word part: division of labor

Accepted Answer

A system in which workers specialize in particular tasks

Question 6

Define the following word or word part: empire

Accepted Answer

many territories and people groups under a single ruler

Question 7

Why did farmers need to develop a system to control their water supply?

Accepted Answer

Farmers needed a water supply and protection from flooding.

Question 8

Which Mesopotamian society developed the first real alphabet?

Accepted Answer

Phoenicians

Question 9

Why did a priest’s job make him so powerful?

Accepted Answer

He communicated with the gods and kept them happy

Question 10

Which Mesopotamian society developed the wheel?

Accepted Answer

Sumerians

Question 11

What was the basic political unit of Sumer?

Accepted Answer

City-state

Question 12

Kings in Mesopotamia were very powerful because they claimed the priests chose them to rule.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

Define the following word or word part: polytheism

Accepted Answer

the worship of many gods

Question 14

Slaves were the least powerful people in ancient Mesopotamia.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

“Mesopotamia” literally means “the ________ between the __________.”

Accepted Answer

land, rivers

Question 16

Define the following word or word part: city-state

Accepted Answer

a city and surrounding farmland

Question 17

How did the division of labor contribute to the rise of civilizations?

Accepted Answer

They had time to think about art, religion, gov't, etc.

Question 18

What new idea allowed Sargon to create his empire?

Accepted Answer

a permanent army

Question 19

Define the following word or word part: Meso-

Accepted Answer

middle

Question 20

This Chaldean king is believed to have created the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for his wife.

Accepted Answer

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 21

Farmers were more important than merchants in the social structure of ancient Mesopotamia.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

What did the Phoenecians have that helped them become wealthy?

Accepted Answer

Cedar trees and purple dye

Question 23

What did the Hittites use to conquer the Fertile Crescent?

Accepted Answer

Chariots and iron weapons

Question 24

What 2 things did the spring flooding provide to Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

silt, water for irrigation

Question 25

Why were the kings of Sumer so powerful?

Accepted Answer

He claimed to be chosen by the gods to rule

Question 26

Define the following word or word part: Silt

Accepted Answer

dirt and rocks suspended in water

Question 27

Women in the ancient world were seen as property, belonging to their _____ or their ______.

Accepted Answer

father, husband

Question 28

Define the following word or word part: Cuneiform

Accepted Answer

world's first writing system; pictures represented sounds

Question 29

Define the following word or word part: pictograph

Accepted Answer

a picture that symbolizes a word, a picture that symbolizes a word

Question 30

Priests were the most important people in the social structure of ancient Mesopotamia.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 31

Writing is the dividing line between ______ and _____

Accepted Answer

history, prehistory

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