Mesopotamia - ESPN Notes

Poll

How do you and your family purchase goods and services today?

• In-Store Only

• Online Only

• In-Store and Online

Multiple Choice

Which job in Mesopotamia required you to be a "skilled worker"?

• Farmer

• Merchant

• Trader

• Artisan

Multiple Choice

What job in Mesopotamia required its workers to sell goods?

• Farmers

• Merchants

• Artisans

• Traders

Multiple Choice

Women in Mesopotamia could buy or sell property and run businesses but they could not do what?

• Attend school

• Attend worship in Ziggurats

• Fight in the army

• Work as advisors for the king

Multiple Choice

Why was the writing system called cuneiform developed?

• So that Mesopotamians could write stories

• For record keeping

• To produce religious texts

Multiple Choice

Which of these was not invented in Ancient Mesopotamia?

• The Wheel

• The Plow

• The Calendar

• The Printing Press

Multiple Choice

What was built at the center of each city-state in Mesopotamia?

• A palace

• A city square

• A Ziggurat

• A school

Multiple Choice

Mesopotamia was a country filled with city-states that each had its own government.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

How did the Mesopotamians get water for their crops?

• They asked the priests to pray to the gods for rain

• They only planted crops during the rainy seasons

• They built irrigation systems

• They built irragation systems