Updated Winter 2015 Mesopotamia Test Review

Laws given to Moses at Mount Sinai are called:

Mesopotamia is located in present-day __________________ .

Mrs. Tarasov's  college Alma Mater is:

A writer who keeps records is called a ________________.

Anyone could go to school in Sumer regardless of wealth, status, or gender.

When the Assyrians attacked Babylon, they used all of the following war technologies, except:

This epic hero was known as the greatest king on earth, two-thirds god and one-third human.

A person who is believed to speak for God is called a 

The Sumerians wrote in ___, making wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets.

A mixture of tiny bits of soil and rock is called:

Monotheism set the __ _______apart from the other people of the Fertile Crescent.

A self governing city, often with surrounding lands is called a 

The Jewish people consider Abraham’s __________with God to be the beginning of their history.

A long period of dry weather is called a

________________was the founder of Judaism and led his family from Ur to Canaan.

A ___________________is large pyramid with a temple at its top.

The Code of Hammurabi treated everyone equally regardless of social status.

This controlled the flow of water into Mesopotamia, especially during the rainy seasons.

Why were ziggurats built?