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End of the Year Review: Mesopotamia
End of the Year Review: Mesopotamia
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What was the name for the characteristic step temples that characterized Sumerian architecture?
Melukkha
Ziggurat
Maghan
Diyala
2
The word Mesopotamia, which means "between the rivers", comes from what language?
Latin
Italian
Greek
Aramaic
3
All of the following are examples of Sumerian city-states EXCEPT:
Akkad
Lagash
Ur
Eridu
4
The founders of the Mesopotamian civilization are called:
Etruscans
Egyptians
Sumerians
Amorites
5
What people put an end to the rule of the Assyrians and the Babylonians?
Persians
Romans
Egyptians
Greeks
6
Was the first king of the Babylonian Empire with one of the earliest law codes.
Sargon II
Nebuchadnezzar
Hammurabi
Narmer
7
Which civilization was known as a warrior society?
Egyptians
Assyrians
Israelites
Sumerians
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What important event happened in Mesopotamian history about 2125 B.C.?
Babylonian kingdom falls to outside invasions
Fall of the Third Dynasty of Ur
Hammurabi writes his legal code
Ur revolted against Akkadian Empire - Third Dynasty of Ur
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The Sumerians were the inventors of the world's first writing system, a series of wedge-shaped markings called what?
Hieroglyphics
Hangul
Cuneiform
Pali
10
Who was the first Mesopotamian king to claim divinity for himself?
Nebuchadnezzar
Sargon the Great
Naram-Sin
Tiglath-Pileser III
11
He laid an unsuccessful siege of Jerusalem mentioned in 2nd Kings of the Bible.
Sennacherib
Sargon the Great
Suppiluliuma I
Tiglath-Pileser III
12
Who founded of the city of Agade (Akkad) and the Akkadian Dynasty.
Suppiluliuma I
Gudea
Hammurabi
Sargon the Great
13
In what current country is most of Ancient Mesopotamia located?
Egypt
Turkey
Israel
Iraq
14
What is Ancient Mesopotamia sometimes called?
The Fertile Desert
The Far East
Birthplace of Democracy
Cradle of Civilization
15
Which of these did Sumer invent?
Irrigation
The wheel
Pottery
Religion
16
Who built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?
Suppiluliuma I
Tiglath-Pileser III
Sennacherib
Nebuchadnezzar
17
The Mesopotamian civilization appears to have risen in the valley between what two rivers?
Tigris and Karun
Euphrates and Tigris
Karun and Khabur
Euphrates and Khabur
18
The great King Gilgamesh was the 4th king of what ancient Sumerian city state?
Isin
Nippur
Eridu
Uruk
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Sumerians worshiped Enlil, Enki, Inanna, Utu, and Nanna. This means they practiced __________.
atheism
monotheism
polytheism
mythology
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From archaeological findings Sumerians invented writing for which of the following reasons?
To write diplomatic messages to other rulers
To tell stories of the gods
To write love poems
To make government records
