Mesopotamia Review

Question 1

"The Death Pit" in the Royal Tombs of Ur was filled with...

Accepted Answer

The bodies of servants who willingly died with their queen

Question 2

Sumerians rented their land from who?

Accepted Answer

The Priests

Question 3

What is the following excerpt describing?

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamian Afterlife

Question 4

The word used to describe a religion that worships many gods (like the Mesopotamians) is...

Accepted Answer

polytheistic

Question 5

Cuniform writing was first used to record information about...

Accepted Answer

Taxes and Crops

Question 6

How long did Mesopotamian civilization last?

Accepted Answer

3000 years

Question 7

Finally, of all the Mesopotamian tribes, who took the greatest interest in astronomy?

Accepted Answer

Chaldeans

Question 8

Why were natural levees important for agriculture?

Accepted Answer

Provided protection from the floods, Created safe flood plains, Made irrigation and canal construction easy

Question 9

In the "Epic of Gilgamesh," Gilgamesh's second quest was to help him find...

Accepted Answer

A way to become immortal

Question 10

King Hammurabi ruled over what Mesopotamian tribe?

Accepted Answer

Babylon

Question 11

Which Mesopotamian tribe were the first to develop a currency?

Accepted Answer

Babylonians

Question 12

What was that last excerpt from? "there was a house...."

Accepted Answer

Epic of Gilgamesh

Question 13

What was the name of the Capital City of Sumer?

Accepted Answer

Ur

Question 14

Which of the following best describes Hammurabi's law code?

Accepted Answer

Eye for eye, tooth for tooth

Question 15

How did Mesopotamians view the ziggurats?

Accepted Answer

As the house of the gods

Question 16

What number was the base of Mesopotamian mathematics systems?

Accepted Answer

60

Question 17

What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean?

Accepted Answer

Between the Rivers

Question 18

The Carving at the top of Hammurabi's Code re-assured Mesopotamians of what?

Accepted Answer

Hammurabi made the code in consultation with the gods

Question 19

Who was at the top of the Mesopotamian social pyramid (besides the king)?

Accepted Answer

The Priests

Question 20

True or False: Mesopotamians were the first to irrigate fields?

Accepted Answer

True

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