Mesopotamia Test

Question 1

What is a ziggurat?

Accepted Answer

a pyramid-shaped tower found in Sumerian cities

Question 2

What was the writing system of southern Mesopotamia (Sumer) called?

Accepted Answer

cuneiform

Question 3

What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean?

Accepted Answer

land between the rivers

Question 4

Which of the following locations was most favorable (good) for good soil, natural protection, and trade/transportation?

Accepted Answer

river valley

Question 5

What is a political unit consisting of a city surrounded by countryside called?

Accepted Answer

city state

Question 6

Which of the following are examples of Mesopotamian inventions and achievements?

Accepted Answer

plow, wheel, cuneiform, and ziggurats

Question 7

What was a invention of the Phoenicians?

Accepted Answer

pictographs

Question 8

Which of the following IS NOT one of the most important features of Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

Nile River

Question 9

Who is Hammurabi?

Accepted Answer

A man famous for creating a law code listing laws and punishments.

Question 10

Which of the following best describes southern Mesopotamian (Sumerian) religion?

Accepted Answer

polytheism

Question 11

What are the earliest known written collection of laws called?

Accepted Answer

Hammurabi's Code

Question 12

Which of the following lived in ancient Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

Sumerians and Babylonians

Question 13

What was a positive effect of the flooding of Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?

Accepted Answer

deposits of silt creating fertile soil

Question 14

Where is the Fertile Crescent, a large arc of farmland in Mesopotamia, located?

Accepted Answer

Middle East

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