Mesopotamia Review

Question 1

What was similar in terms of religion about the Egyptians and Sumerians

Accepted Answer

Both were polytheistic

Question 2

What is the first known society of the Fertile Crescent that was uncovered in the 1800s

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamia

Question 3

What did each Sumerian city-state have

Accepted Answer

A distinct social heiarchy or system of ranks

Question 4

What was key to the developments in Mesopotamia

Accepted Answer

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

Question 5

The Torah was what

Accepted Answer

Sacred text in Judaism

Question 6

Who built the first known empire known to history in Akkad

Accepted Answer

Sargon

Question 7

Who ruled the kingdom of Babylon and created a code of laws by which to live?

Accepted Answer

2. Hammurabi

Question 8

Phoenicians traded with people from all around what

Accepted Answer

Mediteranian Sea

Question 9

Good luck on your test!

Accepted Answer

You&#x27;ll do very well, You&#x27;ll do very well, You&#x27;ll do very well, You&#x27;ll do very well

Question 10

What is cuneiform

Accepted Answer

writing that used reed pens to make wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets

Question 11

Who evolved into leaders in these rival Sumerian city-states

Accepted Answer

War Leaders

Question 12

Who developed the original alphabet

Accepted Answer

Phoenicians

Question 13

Why is the land around Mesopotamia known as the Fertile Crescent

Accepted Answer

The area was known for its rich soil

Question 14

What were ziggurats

Accepted Answer

A pyramid-temple that soared toward the heavens

Question 15

What rivers were a part of Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

Tigris and Euphrates

Question 16

Coins brought merchants into an early form of what

Accepted Answer

Money Economy

Question 17

Like most ancient peoples, the Sumerians were what

Accepted Answer

Polytheistic

Question 18

What is the famous quote that links to Hammurabi’s Code

Accepted Answer

An eye for an eye, and a life for a life

Question 19

Which of the following choices best describes Sargon

Accepted Answer

King that established the empire of Akkad & conquered Southern Mesopotamia

Question 20

Ancient Sumerians developed what in the field of learning

Accepted Answer

Algebra and Geometry

Question 21

Which of the following best describes a city-state

Accepted Answer

An independent city with its own government and traditions

Question 22

What is the name of the wedge-shaped writing developed in Mesopotamia

Accepted Answer

Cuneiform

Question 23

The way of life of Mesopotamia was based on which of the following

Accepted Answer

Farming

Question 24

Which of the following best describes the religious beliefs of the Mesopotamians

Accepted Answer

Polytheistic

Question 25

What did Hammurabi accomplish besides the Code

Accepted Answer

All of the answers are correct

Question 26

What brought riches to Sumerian cities?

Accepted Answer

Trade

Question 27

Which of the following best describes a ziggurat

Accepted Answer

temples built to worship the gods

Question 28

What does monotheistic mean?

Accepted Answer

One God

Question 29

Judaism is a what religion

Accepted Answer

Monotheistic one

Question 30

Hammurabi&#x27;s code was what?

Accepted Answer

Set of harsh laws ruling over the Babylonian people

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