Sec 1-2 His Ch2 Part 1

What is the study of predicting the future by the stars?

T/F Mesopotamian women were considered equal to men.

What invention in the 4th millennium BC made travel and trade much easier?

Who were at the bottom of the social hierarchy of Mesopotamia?

The Greek alphabet led to the ___________ alphabet.

Which is does NOT share the Mesopotamian belief of humans first formed by clay?

Who were usually the ones who could read and write in ancient Mesopotamia?

Hammurabi was the king of what ancient city?

What emerged around 1400 BC in Ugarit?

A massive pyramid-shaped temple in Mesopotamia was called a __________.

Which are NOT things Mesopotamians did to "woo" their gods?

What emerged in Mesopotamia around 3300 BC?

An independent city with its own government and control over surrounding land.

T/F The Phoenician alphabet had 26 letters, just like ours.

The first form of writing was called what?

What was the first major code of law in the world called?

T/F Mesopotamians discovered geometry.

Who sings "Rivers of Babylon?" (The song at the beginning of this Quiz)

T/F Writing was initially based on drawings of objects.

T/F Mesopotamian cities were often small and sparsely populated.

Which does NOT share the Mesopotamian idea of an underworld for the dead?

The Phoenician alphabet led to the _________ alphabet.

Mesopotamians worshipped many gods. They were _________.

What is Mr. Kenny's Zodiac Sign?

T/F Mesopotamian kings received their power from the people.

Potamos is Greek and it means _________.

Which does NOT share the Mesopotamian belief of a Great Flood?

Who owned most of the land around a Mesopotamian city?

T/F A man could sell his wife into slavery to repay debt.

T/F Merchants spread Mesopotamian culture to other regions.

Writing emerged in what region of Mesopotamia?

Mesopotamian cities were usually led by a _________.

Mesos is Greek and it means __________.

Cuneus is Latin and it means __________.

T/F Mesopotamians believed their destinies were written in the stars.

What are the TWO great rivers that allowed Mesopotamia to thrive?

What was the name of the major story about the gods?

What infamous phrase about owing equal compensation, comes from the code of Hammurabi?

T/F Mesopotamian Math is base-10 just like ours.

Which are the FOUR first major cities in Mesopotamia?