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Review for Mesopotamia test. #mesopotamia #socialstudies
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Mesopotamia means
land between the deserts
land between the continents
land between two seas
land between the rivers
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Sargon the Great created a(n)
country
farm
city-state
empire
3
The nickname for Mesopotamia is
Marshy Land
Crescent Roll
Fertile Land
Fertile Crescent
4
Sargon the Great came from
Akkad
Babylon
Assyria
Ur
5
Wedge-shaped writing written on soft clay tablets
alphabet
hieroglyphics
cuneiform
sanskrit
6
Mesopotamian religion consisted of the following
many gods (polytheistic)
offerings to keep the gods happy
priests who were the middle man
temples known as ziggurats
7
World's 1st civilization
Akkad
Babylon
Assyria
Sumer
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fertile soil left behind after the river floods
compost
silt
fertilizer
salt
9
Cylinder seals were use for the following except
ownership
plowing the fields
signing documents
decoration
10
Which is not a Mesopotamian City-State?
Uruk
Memphis
Ur
Kish
11
Babylon conquered most of
Assyria
Akkad
Greece
Sumer
12
Who devloped BASE 60 in math?
Assyrians
Babylonians
Chaldeans
Akkadians
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Because there was a surplus of food, other people could begin doing other jobs. What is this?
specialization
division of labor
job search
slaves
14
City-state examples are
Ur
Cairo
Uruk
Nineveh
15
What are deities?
gods
bread
apples
plants
16
Mark the correct social structure.
King, Craftsmen, Nobles, Slaves
King, Government officials, traders, slaves
King, Priest, Slaves, Farmers
King, Traders, Farmers, Slaves
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The two major rivers of Mesopotamia are...
Nile
Jordan
Tigris
Euphrates
18
All of the following are true of Assyria except
strong and brutal military
took over Akkadian and Babylonian Empires
1st library at Nineveh
led by Sargon
19
Mesopotamia is located in modern day ...
India
Israel
Iraq
Iran
20
Which is
NOT
true about Babylon?
trade expanded
strong military
strong government
monotheistic
21
A city-state has
wall for protection
monarchy
trade
temple
22
Some scholars think there may be some truth to the Epic of Gilgamesh because
Gilgamesh is listed in the list of kings.
A similar flood is in the story of Noah's Ark.
Gilgamesh is 2/3 god and 1/3 man.
The story is probably the oldest written story.
23
The art of Mesopotamia was
cylinder seals
mosaics
cave paintings
relief sculptures
24
King Nebuchadnezzar built _____ for his wife.
temple
Hanging Gardens
statue of Zeus
pyramid
25
Inventions of Mesopotamia helped their society in various ways like
fireworks
seed plows for farming
sails on boats
wheels on carts
26
A city and its surrounding farmland
monarchy
barter
ziggurat
city-state
27
These helped the farmers.
domestication
jewelry
sails
irrigation
28
Having a surplus of food impacted civilizations in Mesopotamia by all of the following EXCEPT
Inventions
Settle down and grow food of choice
Wandering looking for food
Population grew
29
The Tigris and Euphrates flow into
Persian Gulf
Caspian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Dead Sea
30
Based on our notes, scribes used cuneiform for recording
crops
offerings to the temple
taxes
trade
31
What did Gilgamesh realize at the end?
Enkidu is a traitor.
Immortality is useless.
For your name live on, you must create a power civilization.
He was tricked by Urshanabi.
32
Gilgamesh was all of the following
EXCEPT
King of Uruk
friend of Enkidu
immortal
2/3 god and 1/3 human
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These are examples of Hammurabi's Code
EXCEPT
If you kill a woman, you must pay 60 shekels.
If a son strikes his father, his hand shall be cut off.
If you steal from the temple, you shall be put to death.
If you knock out the eye of a man, he knocks out your eye.
