Mesopotamia Test

Question 1

He built the world's first empire

Accepted Answer

Sargon

Question 2

Mesopotamia farmers built dams, levees, and canals to ________________their fields.

Accepted Answer

irrigate

Question 3

The geography in Mesopotamia made the area suitable for farming.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

The people of Sumer practiced _________________, the worship of many gods

Accepted Answer

Polytheism

Question 5

______________ were tasked with keeping records in ancient Sumer.

Accepted Answer

Scribes

Question 6

Mesopotamia was organized into ___________, which consisted of a city and the surrounding countryside.

Accepted Answer

city-states

Question 7

The first to develop iron

Accepted Answer

Hittites

Question 8

How did the Assyrians treat the people they conquered?

Accepted Answer

The Assyrians punished or deported people who resisted their rule.

Question 9

At the center of each city-state was the __________________ which served as the center of religion and worship.

Accepted Answer

ziggurat

Question 10

The Phoenicians were known as the “Purple People” because they traded_________________

Accepted Answer

purple dye

Question 11

Why was religion so important to the Sumerians?

Accepted Answer

They believed the gods were responsible for the events in their lives.

Question 12

Nebuchadnezzar II is known for making which of the following?

Accepted Answer

the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Question 13

Legendary King of Sumer with an epic written about him

Accepted Answer

Gilgamesh

Question 14

How did Cyrus the Great treat conquered people in the Persian Empire?

Accepted Answer

He allowed the conquered people to keep their customs and religion.

Question 15

Sumerians developed a type of writing called _________________.

Accepted Answer

Cuneiform

Question 16

All Men were treated equally under Hammurabi's Code of Laws.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

King of the Persian Empire that went to war with Greece

Accepted Answer

Darius

Question 18

Which of the following did the Phoenicians use to communicate ideas in writing?

Accepted Answer

Alphabet

Question 19

Mesopotamia is a Greek word that means land

Accepted Answer

between two rivers

Question 20

What did Hammurabi’s Code allow his citizens to do?

Accepted Answer

know the punishment for specific crimes

Question 21

The Babylonian king _______________________ is famous for his code of laws.

Accepted Answer

Hammurabi

Question 22

Farmers in Mesopotamia depended on the flooding of the ______& ______ rivers to water their crops.

Accepted Answer

Tigris and Euphrates

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