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We have been studying Mesopotamia for a while now. Let's review and see what we know.
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1
Assyrian Capital, it was the first civilization to have a library.
Persia
Nineveh
ziggurat
Sumer
2
Sumerian artisans,merchants,farmers and fishers made up this group.
upper class
business class
middle class
lower class
3
The name of the hero of an epic that travels the world performing great deeds?
Scribe
Gilgamesh
Hammurabi
Nineveh
4
A ____-_____ was something that arose during early civilizations that had economy and gov't.
legion
city-state
community
empire
5
Priests held this position in social classes in Mesopotamian civilizations.
Hierarchy
Lower Class
Middle Class
Upper Class
6
What people people captured Babylon in 539 BCE .
The Chaldeans
The Assyrians
The Persians
The Hittites
7
The few people in early civilizations that knew how to write were known as what?
Lawyers
Bookkeepers
Artisans
Scribes
8
It was located between what two rivers?
The Fertile Crescent
The Nile
The Indus
The Tigris and Euphrates
9
The first Civilizations began here because of good farming conditions.
Deserts
Near the Sea
Rainforests
River Valleys
10
Scribes would write on clay tablets with a ______ that was made out of reeds.
marker
pen
pencil
stylus
11
Mesopotamia was nicknamed what?
Sumer
The land between the rivers.
Babylon
Assyria
12
Mesopotamians were farmers; however some people made metal,cloth and pottery making them what?
heads of the household
Artisans
merchants
scribes
13
The belief in multiple gods or worshiping more than one god was called the practice of what?
Judaism
Polytheism
Monotheism
Christianity
14
The first written language was called what?
phoenician alphabet
cuneiform
hieroglyphics
Hammurabi's Code
15
Irrigation could be described as what?
Dug deep wells under deserts to find water.
They prayed to the gods to bring the annual floods.
Buckets of water that people carried to fields.
Man-made waterways and ditches that pulled water to crops.
16
Hammurabi's code could be described by what saying or phrase?
An eye for an eye or tooth for a tooth.
Don't judge a book by it's cover
Do the Crime, Do the Time
Reap what you sow
17
A pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top was called what? In the middle of city.
bank
monastery
church
ziggurat
18
People who study the heavenly bodies or the stars and planets.
Astronauts
Galaxy
Astronomers
Scientists
19
Sumerians used a number system based on what number?
60
360
Multiplication
30
20
The Sumerian temple that was created to honor their gods or chief god was called.
Ziggurats
Monastery
Churches
Temples
21
Government that has a king and a queen would be considered what?
Monarchy
Republic
Feudal System
Democracy
22
Mesopotamia could also be called this . This explains why it is so important.
The Cradle of Civilization
The Arabian Desert
The Indus River Valley
The Nile River Valley
23
Mesopotamia was also known as what?
The Euphrates
The Fertile Crescent
The Tigris
The Arabian Desert
24
The People in Mesopotamia that knew how to write would be classified as what social class?
Upper Class
Hierarchy
Lower Class
Middle Class
25
What happened in 2340 BCE as a result of conflict between Sumer's city states?
Hammurabi developed his code of laws.
The Sumerian people revolted against their leaders.
Sargon conquered all that was left of Sumer.
The Assyrians built a powerful military.
26
Sargon was the first emperor in civilizations. What was his conquered land called?
Fertile Soil
Empire
Ziggurat
Kingdom
27
The Calendar that was created by the Sumerians was based on what?
The cycles of the moon
The Roman Calendar
The number 60
The Geometry of the wheel
28
The Assyrians conquered the Hittites and stole their idea of using this when making weapons.
bronze
iron
gold
steel
29
Who wrote the first legal code that covered most areas of daily life in early civilizations?
Nebuchadnezzar
Nineveh
Gilgamesh
Hammurabi
30
What was the first large army to use iron for weapons?
Hammurabi
Gilgamesh
Nineveh
Assyria
31
Babylon's king that created an empire was named what? He made Babylon a rich city-state.
Alexander the Great
Sargon
Nebuchadnezzar
Hammurabi
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First real Mesopotamian civilization was called what. Also created the first writing system.
Sumer
Assyria
Greece
Rome
