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Civilizations in Mesopotamia
Civilizations in Mesopotamia
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Ancient Mesopotamian civilizations, including Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and Chaldeans.
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Mesopotamia is "the land between the rivers". What two rivers is it between?
Indus and Ganges
Huang He and Yangtze
Blue Nile and White Nile
Tigris and Euphrates
2
The curved region of rich farmable land from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean is called...
Mesopotamia
Asia Minor
The Land Between the Rivers
The Fertile Crescent
3
How many classes of people are there in Mesopotamia's social structure?
five
three
six
ten
4
Which of these groups of people would NOT be part of the middle class?
merchants
government workers
farmers
artisans
5
Which of these groups of people would make up the lower class.
traders
farmers
soldiers
slaves
6
Which armies were the first to use iron weapons?
Chaldeans
Akkadians
Sumerians
Assyrians
7
City-states each had their own leader. What was the title of this leader?
pharaoh
caesar
king
emperor
8
Sumerians invented the first form of writing, called...
pictographs
arabic
cuneiform
hieroglyphics
9
Which Babylonian king is best remembered because of his code of law?
Gilgamesh
Nebuchadnezzar
Sargon
Hammurabi
10
Which class did most people belong to?
Lower Class
Middle Class
Upper class
They were all equal
11
Why did city-states go to war against each other?
gain glory
extend territory
both of these
12
King Nebuchadnezzar is known for building the Hanging Gardens. He was king of which group?
Akkadians
Sumerians
Chaldeans
Assyrians
13
Who led the Akkadians to conquer Sumer?
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar
Gilgamesh
Sargon
14
What was the name of the FIRST civilization in Mesopotamia?
Babylonia
Assyria
Chaldea
Sumer
15
The Sumerians used levees and gated ditches to bring water to crops. This is called...
agriculture
flooding
irrigation
silt
16
Government, art, religion, social structure, writing, and cities are elements of what?
nation
society
civilization
culture
17
What are temples in Mesopotamia called?
tabernacles
shrines
churches
ziggurats
18
Which of these groups of people would NOT be part of the upper class?
priests
government workers
king
merchant
19
Which of these is NOT a reason that rivers were important to early civilizations?
farming
travel
trade
swimming
20
Writing, wagon wheel, sailboat, plow, calendar: these are examples of inventions by the...
Assyrians
Akkadians
Sumerians
Chaldeans
21
What is the world's oldest known story?
The Bible
King Arthur
Romeo and Juliet
The Epic of Gilgamesh
