Mesopotamia

What two rivers is Mesopotamia in between?

• Tigris & Euphrates
• Nile & Euphrates
• Yellow & Yangzi
• Mississippi & Platte

What did levees help with?

• Bringing a single ruler

• Decreasing the Population

• Controling Floods

• Bringing Drinking Water

What modern day country is Mesopotamia mostly in?

• India
• Egypt
• China
• Iraq

This leader created the first empire in Mesopotamia called the Akkadian Empire...

• Hammurabi

• Sargon

• Nebachenezzar

• Gilgamesh

Who was on top of the Mesopotamian social structure?

• Priests

• Slaves

• Kings

• Crafters

A large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader

• City-states

• Empire

• Fertile Crescent

• Merchant

The worship of many gods is known as...?

• Monotheism
• Ziggurat
• Priests
• Polytheism

The first form of writing using wedge shaped symbols is called...?

• Cunieform
• Pictograph
• Stylus
• Clay Tablets

What did King Nebuchadnezzar build for one of his wifes? 

• Written Laws
• A Ziggurat
• Hanging Gardens
• Calendars

King Hammurabi was best known for what?

• The Hanging Gardens
• Owning Slaves
• Ruling the First Empire
• Writting down Laws