Duplicate of Mesopotamia Unit Review

Question 1

Hammurabi's Code was mainly intended to bring ______ to people in the Babylonian Empire.

Accepted Answer

justice

Question 2

Keeping official records in Sumerian Society was the job of

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scribes

Question 3

Flooding rivers enrich the areas around them by depositing ______ on the land.

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silt

Question 4

Why did Sumerians initially develop the world's first writing system?

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to keep business records

Question 5

What name have historians given to the land that lies between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamia

Question 6

City-states were governed by kings, who were thought to have been given their power by

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the gods

Question 7

What was the main purpose of a ziggurat?

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religious services

Question 8

The ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia arose in an area of what present-day country?

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Iraq

Question 9

Who is the hero of the great Mesopotamian epic who faces his fears and performs great deeds?

Accepted Answer

Gilgamesh

Question 10

What was the main building material of ancient Sumerians?

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mud

Question 11

Mesopotamians had a crop _______, which allowed them to engage in trade.

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surplus

Question 12

Which was NOT an invention from Mesopotamia?

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a base 10 number system

Question 13

What word best describes the land in the floodplain of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?

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fertile

Question 14

Farmers created an _________________ system of canals to carry water from rivers to fields.

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irrigation

Question 15

The first writing system the Sumerians developed used a system of symbols called

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pictographs

Question 16

Because they worshipped many gods, the Sumerians are said to have practiced

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polytheism

Question 17

What ruler created a set of written laws to help him rule his empire?

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Hammurabi

Question 18

At the top of the upper classes of Sumer were

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kings and priests

Question 19

Who had the most power in Sumerian society?

Accepted Answer

priests

Question 20

Where did most Sumerians live after about 3000 B.C.?

Accepted Answer

in city-states

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