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Mesopotamia Unit Review
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A collection of 282 laws. One of the first examples of written law in the ancient world.
The Magna Carta
The Covenant
Code of Hammurabi
The Constitution
2
Sumerians wrote on what using what?
clay tablets and a stylus
clay tablets and powder
cave walls and clay
cave walls and a stylus
3
Does Mesopotamia literally mean "Land between two rivers" ?
False
True
4
The way a civilization is organized ( such as upper, middle, lower classes)
Empire
City-State
Social Structure
Scribe
5
The Sumerians created a calender and irrigation system in order to know when to plant their crops
False
True
6
What did the Sumerians invent?
Cuneiform
All of the above
Irrigation
Geometry
7
Members of the highest social class in Sumer were
women and children
miners and sailors
farmers and merchants
kings and priests
8
Why was it important that Hammurabi's Code was written down?
Government officials could disobey any law
Foreign merchants could understand the laws
Judges could interpret laws differently
People could view each law themselves
9
What are the two rivers associated with Mesopotamia?
The Mississippi River and Nile River
The Nile River and Tigris River
Ganges River and Yangtze River
Tigris River and Euphrates River
10
Why was Mesopotamia ideal for farming?
It contained a vast amount of natural resources
It was located between two rivers thus making the soil fertile
It contained a diverse group of people
It was located on the Persian Gulf
11
Hammurabi's Code applied to you differently based on?
if you were educated or not
who you voted for
if you were rich or poor/free or slave
it treated everyone equally
12
What type of government did Mesopotamia have?
They had no government
Monotheistic governement
Mesopotamia was ruled by Kings
Utopia
13
What important contribution did the Phonecians make?
The Alaphabet
Ziggurats
Stone tools
Irrigation system
14
Kings would have been apart of which social class in Mesopotamia?
Lower
Peasants
Middle
Upper
15
What was the First Empire of Mesoptamia
Babylonians
Chaldeans
Assyrians
Akkadians
16
What were the Assyrians the first to use?
Maps
Cups for water
Chariots
Iron to make their weapons
17
The kings had so much power in ancient Sumer because
The people believed the gods chose them
They had laws from Hammurabi's code they could enforce
They were always fair and just
Their office was in the center of the city and people were scared of them
18
What does Polytheism mean?
It is a form of writing
Belief in one God
Belief in no god
Belief in many gods
19
A long narrative poem that was first told in Mesopotamia about a hero was called the Epic Gilgamesh?
False
True
20
Worshiping one god is called polytheism
True
False
21
What important contribution did the Lydians develop?
They created high walls to protect farmland and cities
They created cavalry and archers to fight in battle
They created gold and silver coins
They created iron to make strong tools and weapons
22
Hammurabi was king of the Assyrians?
False
True
23
The first Civilization in Mesopotamia was?
Uruk
Gilgamesh
Sumer
Babylon
24
What present-day country is Mesopotamia located in?
Iran
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Sumer
25
The process of taming animals and cultivating plants for food is called Domestication?
False
True
26
How did Sumerians solve the problem of protection?
They created empires
They prayed to the gods for help
They built walls around their cities
They built cannons and rocket launchers
27
What was the Sumerians written language called?
ziggurats
cuneiform
hieroglyphics
pictographs
28
Temples of worship in ancient Mesopotamia were called?
Aquducts
Zigguarts
Fertile crescents
Scribes
29
Who was the leader of the Chaldeans that built the Hanging Gardens?
Hammurabi
Sargon
Nebuchadnezzar
Gilgamesh
30
How was the Isrealites religion different than other religions of ancient Mesopotamia
They belived in many Gods as opposed to one
They didnt believe in Gods
They believed in one all-powerful God and not many Gods
There was no diffrence
