Mesopotamia Review

The city of ____________ became the center of trade.

The Sumerians used ____________ to protect their city-states.

Cuneiform is-

True or False: Hammurabi's Code treated all social classes fairly.

Which Mesopotamian civilization glorified war and built movable towers to use battering rams?

A skilled worker who made cloth, metal products, or pottery is called-

Mesopotamia was an early civilization located-

Which group did not belong to the Sumerian middle class?

Which Empire is responsible for the sundial, the 60-second minute, and the 60-minute hour?

The Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest known-

The scribe's two main tools included a clay tablet and a 

Priest were very high up on the social pyramid in Ancient Mesopotamia.

A group of different lands controlled by a single ruler is called a ______.

The invention of the wheel kept Mesopotamians from using water as a way to transport goods.

Hammurabi's laws were known as a ______, or collection of laws and rules.

_____ was a famous Akkadian king who conquered Mesopotamia.

Farming provided a surplus of food & left Mesopotamians more time to specialize in their jobs.

The __________________ was located in the center of the city because it was the center of life.

The act of building dams, ditches, and walls to control the flow of water is called-

What do you call a man-made waterway or man-made river?

A Sumerian temple was called a-

A civilization is-

In the evolution of writing pictographs were first used to record the natural resources.

The Tigris and Euphrates were-

On of the earliest known set of laws was created by the ruler-

In ancient Greek, "Mesopotamia" translates to "Land Between Two Rivers".

Hammurabi was NOT the King of Babylon.

A person who specialized in writing was called a-

What advantage did Sargon have over the city-states?

Ancient Mesopotamia is also referred to as the Fertile Crescent or the Middle East.

What emperor built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (supposedly for his wife)?

River valleys were a good place to build civilizations because-

What are fine particles of soil called?

Which is not a Sumerian invention?

Each Sumerian city-state-

The Sumerian religion was based on the idea of-