Mesopotamia Unit Review

The Sumerian kings were very powerful. The people believed the ____ chose thier kings.

____ left behind a layer of silt; which made the land very fertile.

The stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced.

Mesopotamians were ___ and worshiped in ___.

Which level of Sumerian government is responsible for enforcing the laws.

Ancient Sumer is considered a civilization because it had which characteristic?

Artificail, r man-made, waterway usually used for boats or irrigating land.

The process of supplying water by articicial, or man made means

They were the only people in Sumerian civilization who could write

A semi-circle shaped piece of land that stretches from teh Nile to the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

Which is a fact rather than an opinion?

"Through the years the Summarians dug ditches and built up riverbanks to control the flow of rivers waters, drain swamps

WHat material did Mesopotamians use to make their tables for writing?

What was the main principle of Hammurabi's Code?

What is the name of the arc of rich, fertile farmland?

When you have characteristics such as common government,cities, religion,language/writing,technology & social hierarchy

Why did ancient civilization develop in valleys of rivers sucha as the Tigris and Euphrates?

A class of scholars who learned to read and write in order to keep records.

Which statement about the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers is correct?

Sumerian cuneiform is an example of

What is the name of the trading system in which people exchange goods without using money?