Absent Copy of Guided Notes: Achievements (Mesopotamia)

Multiple Choice

Which of the following technological or cultural developments, originally created by ancient Mesopotamians, continues to influence people's daily lives around the world today?

• The design of pyramids for pharaohs.

• The use of a calendar to organize the year.

• The process of mummification for the deceased.

• The structure of the Roman Senate for government.

Multiple Choice

Which major cultural achievement of ancient Mesopotamia created a writing system that later influenced the Phoenician alphabet and, through it, many of the alphabets we use today?

• The design of sophisticated irrigation systems.

• The use of the calendar to track time.

• The invention of cuneiform, a written language.

• The development of a monotheistic religion.

Multiple Choice

Which Mesopotamian achievement established a comprehensive, written set of rules and punishments that would later influence legal systems in other parts of the world?

• The creation of the city-state model of governance.

• The use of governors to manage large provinces.

• The principle of tolerance symbolized by Cyrus the Great.

• The codification of Hammurabi’s Law Code.

Multiple Choice

The Mesopotamian development of bronze for making stronger tools and weapons is an example of a technological trend that continues today. What is this trend?

• The practice of trading metal goods between different empires.

• The use of written language to record how tools are made.

• The continued development of stronger materials for tools and weapons.

• The decline in the importance of metals as new materials were discovered.

Multiple Choice

Which invention from ancient Mesopotamia most directly caused a permanent change in land transportation?

• The development of irrigation systems.

• The use of the ox-driven plow.

• The invention of the wheel.

• The advance of shipbuilding techniques.

Multiple Choice

Which Mesopotamian mathematical advance is the reason why we divide one hour into 60 minutes and one minute into 60 seconds?

• The creation of the abacus.

• The building of the ziggurat temples.

• The use of a Base 60 number system.

• The development of a 12-month calendar.