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A quiz dedicated to ancient Mesopotamia
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Which of the following people did NOT live in Mesopotamia?
Assyrians
Egyptians
Jews
Babylonians
2
Another world for countryside.
peaceful
city
rural
outdoors
3
Name of the first set of written laws.
Code of Ethics
Hammurabi's Code
Sargon's Creed
Ten Commandments
4
The process of bringing water from dry areas.
farming
irrigation
canals
slopes
5
Another word for city.
adventure
cosmopolitan
urban
modern
6
Why type of symbols did the Sumerians use for their writing.
drawings
murals
letters
pictographs
7
Where is present-day Babylon located?
Syria
Iraq
Egypt
Iran
8
What was the capital of Sumeria, and also probably the first true city?
Ethiopia
Ur
Cairo
Akkadia
9
The name of the famous wonder of the world in Babylon.
Sphinx
Giza
Pyramids
Hanging Gardens
10
What do you call someone whose job it was to write things down?
author
journalist
scribe
cataloger
11
What do you call it when a single ruler controls land in different areas?
empire
overlord
noble
king
12
Who invented the wheel?
Sumerians
Chinese
Neanderthals
Egyptians
13
First leader to have a standing army.
Sargon
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar
Gilgamesh
14
What is the name of the first story ever written down?
The Epic of Narnia
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Beowulf
Tom Sawyer
15
Babylonian king who destroyed the Jewish Temple and enslaved all the Jews.
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar
Sargon
Cyrus the Great
16
How did the Sumerians diagnose medical problems?
invented the tongue depresser
created treatments based on symptoms
used amulets
using a thermometer
17
Which of the following did the Sumerians contribute to math?
distance to the sun
the water clock
calculus
Finding the area of square and rectangles
18
Who was at the top of the social order in Mesopotamia?
farmers
priests
warriors
traders
19
Having more than is needed for something.
surplus
abundance
stack
mantra
20
Which river is in Mesopotamia?
Nile
Amazon
Euphrates
Ganges
21
What do you call a long poem about a hero?
haiku
duel
adventure
epic
22
Another word for a king or queen.
monarch
royalty
hero
leader
23
Tool used for writing in clay tablets in Mesopotamia.
stylus
hook
stick
protractor
24
What did Sargon's soldiers specialize in?
bow and arrow
shields
daggers
swords
25
Which of the following was NOT invented by the Sumerians?
telescope
wheel
plow
sewer
26
What do you call a city surrounded by countryside?
city-state
canal
suburban
urban
27
Who created the first letter alphabet?
Phoenicians
Babylonians
Chaldeans
Sumerians
28
Which river is in Mesopotamia?
Tigres
Nile
Amazon
Indus
29
Which of the following selections was NOT a tribe from Mesopotamia.
Hyksos
Kushites
Phoenicians
Assyrians
30
What was the name of the writing system of Sumeria?
phonics
Hieroglyphs
alphabet
Cuneiform
31
A man-made waterway used for transportation.
water slide
irrigation
canals
transportation
32
How did the Sumerians treat medical illness?
Chopping off the limb withe the illness.
Having patients sweat out their illness.
submerging the body in water for long periods.
With healing medicines made from milk and figs.
33
What do you call the science of building buildings?
formation
construction
anthropology
architecture
34
What do you call a wheeled, horse-drawn cart used in battle?
battle sled
chariot
saddle
mount
35
Nickname for Mesopotamia
The Fertile Crecent
Silt World
The Land of Lakes
The Country of Rivers
36
What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean?
The Valley of the Sun and River
The Land of the Gods
The Crescent of Fertility
Land between two rivers
37
Where people worshiped in Mesopotamia.
royal chamber
temple mount
priest
ziggurat
38
What is this?
Tower of Sumer
Tower of London
Tower of Ziggurat
Tower of babel
39
A mixture of rock, mud, minerals, and water. Makes for excellent soil.
metamorphic
dirt
silt
delta
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The worship of many gods.
monotheism
polytheism
Greeks
Sumeria