Mesopotamia

Why is cuneiform important?

• first written language

• first spoken language

• first religion

• first technology

Name the two rivers that were in Summer.

• Chang Jiang and Huang He
• Mississippi and Missouri
• Tigris and Euphrates
• Little Sioux and Big Sioux

This means belief in many different gods?

• monotheism

• polytheism

• biotheism

• tritheism

Who formed the empire of Mesopotamia?

• Ghandi

• Gilgamesh

• Hammurabi

• Sargon

Who were the most important people in Mesopotamian society?

• farmers

• nobles

• kings

• priest and priestesses

This is a mud-brick temple for worshipping the gods.

• ziggurat
• pyramid
• igloo
• apartment

What is another name for Mesopotamia?

• Fertile Crescent

• Cradle of Civilization

• land between two rivers

• all of the above

This group of people worked for the nobles.

• slaves

• commoners

• farmers

• priests

Mesopotamia was also known as

• the land between two rivers

• city-states

• nomad

• cuneiform

Who made a written Code of Laws?

• Sargon
• Abraham
• Hammurabi
• Gilgemesh