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1
What group invented the wheel?
Greeks
Sumerians
Egyptians
Indians
2
Which civilization overtook Mesopotamia in the 1800s B.C.?
Medes
Amorites
Hitties
Sumerians
3
The few Sumerians who learned how to write often became ___, holding high positions in society.
Slaves
Merchants
Artisans
Scribes
4
What is an example of a complex institution?
Nippur
City-state
Ur
Army
5
What part of an animal was thrown away after being killed?
The Fur
None of it
The Brain
The Bones
6
What # is the Sumerian # system based on?
50
10
30
60
7
Sumerians developed this math unit
Pre-Calculus
Geometry
Trigonometry
Algebra
8
The Chaldeans contributed the ___ to our modern-day calendar.
weekend
major holidays
12-month year
7-day week
9
Which king was considered to have a "standing army"?
Sargon
Nebuchadnezzar
Hammurabi
Ashurbanipal
10
Bronze is a mixture of what two metals?
copper and iron
steel and copper
copper and tin
tin and iron
11
Moving from one place to another
Nomadic
Transit
Stationary
Migration
12
Which ruler was nicknamed "the lion hunter"?
Ashurbanipal
Hammurabi
Sargon
Nabopolassar
13
Has its own government but is not part of any larger unit.
Cuneiform
Mesopotamia
civilization
city-state
14
Sumerian city-states developed mostly along rivers?
Falso
True
15
The Fertile Crescent is shaped like a
Map
Moon
Spoon
Star
16
A king is the highest ranking leader of what group?
Upper
Sub-level
Lower
Middle
17
What tools were used to write?
mud and reeds
clay and sticks
clay and reeds
mud and sticks
18
The ___ in Babylon known as one of the 7 Ancient Wonders of the World.
Pyramid
Hanging Gardens
ziggurat
King's palace
19
Training something to be useful, is called?
Practice
Domestication
Tryouts
Work
20
The Babylonian king Hammurabi is best known for his
Law Code
Mathematical ideas
Scientific inventions
writing skills
21
What empire built the world's 1st library, Nineveh?
Assyrian
Akkadian
Babylon
Chaldean
22
Early Sumerian's used water from this mountain for their irrigation system?
Himalaya Mt.
Taurus Mts.
Zagros Mts.
Caucasus Mts.
23
The Sumerians developed the first writing system called?
English
Hieroglyphics
Pictographs
Cuneiform
24
People who regularly moved from one place to another
Transit
Stationary
Migration
Nomadic
25
Merchants, farmers, artisans and fishermen belong to which social class?
Upper
Middle
Lower
26
What was the name of Gilgamesh's friend, who was describes as a "hairy beast"?
Hammul
Anu
Enkidu
Uruk
27
Number 1 is?
Darien Gap
English Channel
Bering Strait
Suez Canal
28
A person who studies human society?
Fossil
Archaeologist
Nomad
Anthropologist
29
What material was Mesopotamian homes made from?
mud-bricks
clay
cement
dirt and silt
30
Which king is credited with creating The Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
Sargon
Hammurabi
Nabopolassar
Nebuchadnezzar
31
Which river did NOT provide for the early Mesopotamian's?
Euphrates
Nile
Tigris
32
Many people under the control of one ruler?
Civilization
Empire
Kingdom
City-state
33
The most prominent building in Sumerian city-states are called?
Pyramids
Temples
Ziggurats
Churches
34
Mesopotamia is Greek for?
land between the rivers
land between the mountains
land in the valley
hot spot
35
A group of traveling merchants is called a
flotilla
gaggle
caravan
fleet
36
The 1st civilization arose ___ because the conditions for farming were good.
in the desert
near the sea
in river valleys
In the mountains
37
Hammurabi created a set of law codes for people to follow. How many did he create?
282
182
382
82
38
Catal Huyuk is the oldest civilization in the world?
True
False
39
Hammurabi becomes king of what empire?
Babylon
Akkadian
Assyrian
Chaldean
40
A tool that brings water from a river to farmers crops is called?
Shaduf
Bucket
Shovel
Canal
41
Mesopotamia's climate was
hot and dry
always cold
temperate
tropical
42
People who are trained in skills and crafts, are?
Craftsmen
Farmers
Merchants
Artisans
43
The belief in many gods?
Polytheistic
Religion
Faith
Monotheistic
44
A method farmers used to get water from a river to their crops?
Canal
Trench
Shaduf
Irrigation
45
This image represents what?
Healthy food source
Food Depletion
Food Surplus
Food Poisoning
46
The Epic of
Sargon
Gilgamesh
Enkidu
Hammurabi
47
An Ensi is another word for
Scribe
King
Priest
Doctor
48
The Sumerians created cuneiform in what year?
300 B.C.
3000 B.C.
300 A.D.
3000 A.D.
49
Which is NOT a characteristic of a city-state?
Buildings
Religion
Government
Social Class
50
Food surplus led to a population decrease?
False
True
51
Hunts for evidence of human settlements?
Archaeologist
Anthropologist
Nomad
Fossil
52
Lucy was what kind of hominid?
Homo Sapien
Homo Habilis
Australopithecine
Homo Erectus
53
Who conquered and united the Sumerian city-states?
Hammurabi
Sargon
Ashurbanipal
Nabopolassar
54
In the center of each Sumerian city-state was a temple called a ziggurat?
True
False
55
A Sumerian stylus was made from
clay
river reeds
branches
sticks
56
Mesopotamia is found where?
Africa
Middle East
India
Egypt
