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civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia
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Mesopotamia is Greek for...
land of pottery
land between the rivers
land of gold
a big mess
2
An artisan is a skilled...
artist
ruler
farmer
craftsman
3
Civilization was able to flourish in Mesopotamia because...
the mountains provided a natural barrier to invasion
the flooding rivers left fertile silt for farming
domesticated camels made long distance trade possible
the climate was mild enough to be comfortable
4
A person who writes is a...
scribe
recorder
lettersmith
wordsman
5
A city that rules itself and its surrounding farmland is called a/an...
agricultural village
empire
city-state
nation
6
The earliest civilization to develop in Mesopotamia was...
Babylon
Sumer
Assyria
Akkad
7
A legendary king of the city of Ur whose life was told in an epic poem
Sargon
Tiglath-Pileser
Gilgamesh
Nebuchadnezzar
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Priest-kings duties were...
both
religious
neither
political
9
A territory of many cities ruled by single ruler from a single city is called a/an...
empire
region
city-state
country
10
The ancient Sumerians built these as a home for their gods
pyramids
palaces
mounds
ziggurats
11
Sumerian writing spread across the ancient Middle East. It was a wedge-shaped writing called..
heiroglyphics
cursive
fuÞork
cunieform
12
The ancient Mesopotamians worshipped a single god.
true
false
13
The area known as Mesopotamia is in which present day country
Iran
Turkey
Jordan
Iraq
14
Hammurabi was a king of Babylon who is most remembered for his
long life
law code
wealth
hamburgers
15
Mesopotamia lies between the Euphrates river and the _________ river.
Tiger
Nile
Indus
Tigris
16
_ was an Akkadian king who conquered the city states of Sumer to form the world's first empire.
Hammurabi
Sargon I
Cyrus the Great
Sargon II
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The Sumerians were known for all these things EXCEPT...
mathematics
philosophy
sailboats
writing
