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An independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory is known as a...
Babylon
Ziggurat
City-State
Nomad
2
When a group of a people is able to create more resources than they immediately need, it is called…
Surplus
Nomadism
Cuneiform
Hunter-gathering
3
The northern edge of Mesopotamia is protected by what geographic feature?
The Siberian Tundra
The Pacific Ocean
The Zagros Mountain Range
The Mediterranean Sea
4
The direction at the top of the compass rose is called...
South
East
West
North
5
Mesopotamia is located on what continent?
Asia
Australia
Europe
Africa
6
Which of the following processes involves carefully managing water to help grow crops?
Hunter-gathering
Cuneiform
Irrigation
Polytheism
7
According to the
Epic of Gilgamesh
, the ancient Mesopotamians believed that after someone died, their soul would have to
Repeat 6th grade
Go to the "house of dust"
Go to heaven or hell
Disappear forever
8
Mesopotamia is mostly located in the modern day country of…
Egypt
Iraq
China
India
9
What new skill made agriculture possible?
Nomadism
Cuneiform
Irrigation
Polytheism
10
One of the “seven wonders of the ancient world” was constructed by Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon, what was it?
A temple
A giant statue
A great pyramid
A series of hanging gardens
11
The Sumerian’s base-60 number system forms the foundation for our modern…
Teaspoons, tablespoons, and cups
Hours, minutes, and seconds
Grams, kilograms, and micrograms
Tons, pounds, and ounces
12
The legendary figure in Mesopotamian mythology who tried to seek immortality was called...
Enkidu
Gilligan
Gilgamesh
Ziggurat
13
The worship of many gods or deities is known as...
Polytheism
Monotheism
Henotheism
Cuneiform
14
There are two important rivers in Mesopotamia; the northern-most river is…
The Nile
The Tigris
The Euphrates
The Ganges
15
The people who finally defeated Babylon and ended the Babylonian Captivity were called…
The Assyrians
The Nomads
The Persians
The Jonas Brothers
16
Mesopotamian laws are often thought of as being “an eye for an eye,” but they were also based on what other factor?
People's place in society
People's race
People's religion
People's language
17
The European leader who eventually conquered Mesopotamia and many other areas after defeating the Persians was called...
Cleopatra
Leonidas
Julius Caesar
Alexander the Great
18
The founder of the Akkadian Empire, one of the world’s earliest known empires, was named…
Ziggurat
Sargon
Gilgamesh
Nebuchadnezzar
19
Mesopotamia was part of what region known for having excellent crop growing land?
Phoenicia
The Golden Triangle
The Fertile Crescent
The Croppy Crescent
20
The Mesopotamian goddess of love and beauty was known as…
Ishtar
Gilgamesh
Shamash
Taylor Swift
21
People in Mesopotamia who trained to write and keep records were called…
Babylonians
Ziggurats
Scribes
Nomads
22
Which one of the following is not a theme of the
Epic of Gilgamesh
?
Friendship
Death
Pride
Monotheism
23
The Hittites came from a region northwest of Mesopotamia, in what modern country?
India
Turkey
Iraq
Egypt
24
Which language originated under the Assyrians and eventually became the language spoken by Jesus in the Roman Period?
Sumerian
Cuneiform
Aramaic
Babylonian
25
A very early form of writing that utilized wedge-shaped symbols pressed into clay tablets was known as…
Igpay Atinlay
Cuneiform
Mesopotamian
Phoenician
26
Which group was the first to develop iron weapons and used them to conquer part of northern Mesopotamia?
The Persians
The Nomads
The Hittites
The Babylonians
27
There are two important rivers in Mesopotamia; the southern-most river is…
The Tigris
The Euphrates
The Ganges
The Nile
28
Slavery in ancient Mesopotamia was usually based on…
Language
Who was captured in battle
Religion
Race
29
The ancient people who lived in southern Mesopotamia and had a number system based on the number 60 were called…
Nomads
Egyptians
Phoenicians
Sumerians
30
The Mesopotamian god of “justice” who is pictured in stone giving some of the earliest laws to Hammurabi was called…
ShamWow
Gilgamesh
Ishtar
Shamash
31
The stepped-pyramid shaped structures built as temples throughout ancient Mesopotamia were known as…
Cuneiform
Law Codes
Babylonians
Ziggurats
32
Where does the word “Alphabet” come from?
Alpha and Beta, which begin the Greek alphabet
The name of the person who invented it
The name of the first book ever written
The Greek goddess of wisdom
33
One thing the Assyrians were known for constructing was…
Pyramids
PlayStations
Aqueducts
Libraries
34
The ancient kingdom in northern Mesopotamia known for their terrible brutality was called…
Assyria
The Euphrates
Egypt
Ur
35
Mesopotamia is known as…
"The land between two pots"
"The land between two Babylonians"
"The land between two Assyrians"
"The land between two rivers"
36
An early set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian Empire was…
The Ziggurat Code
The Babylon Code
Assyria's Code
Hammurabi's Code
37
Saddam Hussein suggested that he was going to restore the glory of Babylon by claiming that he was the...
"New Gilgamesh"
"New Cyrus"
"New Nebuchadnezzar"
"New Alexander"
38
What does the
Epic of Gilgamesh
have in common with the stories in the Hebrew Bible?
They both contain a story of a great flood
They were both set completely in Egypt
They both focus only on one central "hero"
They were both written in Cuneiform
39
Under the rule of Hammurabi, the center of the Mesopotamian Empire was…
Assyria
Thomasville
Babylon
Ur
40
The world’s earliest civilizations tended to develop around what kind of natural resource?
Marble
Oil
Rivers
Jungles
41
What was the name of the Persian king who conquered Babylon and ended the Babylonian Captivity?
Billy Ray Cyrus
Cyrus the Great
Hammurabi
Gilgamesh
