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Mesopotamia Quiz #1
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Intro to Mesopotamia #mesopotamia
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1
Mesopotamia was an early civilization located-
between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
near the North Pole.
in Australia.
in modern-day Iraq.
2
Who/what what thought to give the kings the right to rule in Sumer?
merchants
an election
Gods
slaves
3
Women were considered equal to men in Mesopotamia.
False
True
4
Who was at the BOTTOM of the social structure?
merchants & artists
slaves
government officials and priests
clowns
5
What civilization invented writing?
Sumerians
Babylonians
Akkadians
Assyrians
6
Who was the leader of the Akkadian Empire.
Alexander the Great
King Hammurabi
King David
SargonThe Great
7
Who was in charge of Mesopotamia?
President
King
Slaves
Prime Minister
8
What was the building where they worshiped called?
church
a house
empire
ziggurat
9
To control the flooding of the Fertile Crescent people created
Beever Dams
Sewers
Waterfalls
Irrigation Canals
10
The largest group of people in the city of Ur was who?
Working class
Priests
Kings
Slaves
11
All kids went to school in Mesopotamia.
False
True
12
Cuniform writing was
first
used to record information about...
Astronomy and Science
Law and Justice
Taxes and Crops
History and Mythology
13
Rivers that brought life to the fertile crecent?
Mesopotamic and Fertilic
Tigris and Euphrates
Tiger and Europe
Mississippi and Missouri
14
In the early days of the mesopotamian government, how were decisions made?
By the gods
By kings
By all the people who lived in Mesopotamia.
By free men who voted in an assembly
15
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Promise land
cuneiform
Fertile land
Land between rivers
16
What type of writing did they use?
Cuneiform
Heirogylphics
English
Caligraphy
17
What group of people conqured Sumeria?
Sumerians
Babylonians
Assarians
Akkadians
18
Mesopotamia is known as the
World's First Humans
World's inventors of Pudding
World's First Civilization
World's First Religion
19
The Assyrians were known for their military and strong army.
True
False
20
Form of community used in the Fertile Crecent
City-States
Civilization
Pharaohs
Bureaucracy
21
How do you get water to crops?
irrigation
economy
ziggurat
crops
22
How many main rivers are in Mesopotamia?
4
3
2
1
23
Why did the mesopotamians build their ziggurats so high?
so that they could protect the kings body after he died.
So that they would not fall
To protect the King that lived in them.
So that the temple could be close to the gods as possible.
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What word means the belief in many gods?
Monothiesm
Polythiesm
