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Mesopotamia
Scribes were _____.
Nebuchadnezzar was the ruler of which city-state?
Mesopotamia
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1
Nebuchadnezzar was the ruler of which city-state?
Babylonia
Ur
Summer
Sumer
2
Scribes were _____.
girls
boys
3
Which city-state had hanging gardens?
Ur
Babylon
Sumer
4
What was used to keep track of trade, taxes, marriages, and deaths?
wedges
language
cuneiform
scribe
5
Who was the prophet that lived in Ur?
Nebuchadnezzar
Mark
Abraham
John
6
Who were the upper class?
rulers
slaves
trade merchants
7
What was a written code of law?
Code of Babylon
Code of Ur
Code of Hammurabi
Code of Nebuchadnezzar
8
What natural barrier helped protect Mesopotamia from other civilizations?
jetty
mountains
islands
peninsulas
9
What were the Tigris and Euphrates?
goddesses
major rivers
gods
mountains
10
Why was the Hammurabi's Code important?
Everyone could read it.
Everyone was treated equally.
Scribes wrote it on papyrus.
It's one of the first written laws.
11
Who were the middle class?
slaves
trade merchants
rulers
12
Which is not a reason for the decline of Mesopotamia?
constant fighting between city-states
trade decreased
ziggurats fell
kings overthrew each other
13
How do we know religion was important to Mesopotamia?
the cities had crosses
the cities had ziggurats
the cities had 1 god
the cities had trade
14
The lower class, middle class, and upper class are called_____.
Social Butterflies
Social Hierarchy
Social Pyramid
15
Why were city-states always fighting?
water rights
power
land rights
trade
16
Who were the lower class?
slaves
rulers
trade merchants
17
What was different about the Hebrew religion from others in ancient Mesopotamia?
it was monotheistic
it was polytheistic
18
What does Fertile Crescent mean?
farmable land
the Tigris and Euphrates
the land between 2 rivers
warm treat from the oven
19
Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria and Ur were all
countries
states
city-states
nations
20
What provided food, transportation, fertile soil, and trade?
horses
mountains
sheep
rivers
21
What was a major way of trade in ancient Mesopotamia?
planes
rivers
trains
automobiles
22
The holy book of the Israelites is the _____.
Torah
Bible
23
a system of writing with wedges and lines in ancient Mesopotamia
cuneiform
scribe
hieroglyphics
alphabet
24
How did Assyrians conquer Sumer?
the gods helped them
they used animals for attacking
they never got tired
they had superior weapons and they used iron
25
Why was it called the Fertile Crescent?
the shape of the fertile land
rivers flooded bringing good soil
26
What is it called when a culture is forced to move from their homeland?
diaspora
relocating
evacuation
moving
27
Who used the battering ram?
Sumerians
Egyptians
Crescents
Assyrians
28
What was one of Hammurabi's accomplishments?
he did not enforce laws
he lost many battles
he united Mesopotamia
he won few battles
