Mesopotamia Review

"Mesopotamia" is a Greek word that means

• Fertile Crescent

• Land Between The Rivers

• The Gift of the Nile

• Abundant Natural Resources

Physical features such as the Tigris and the Euphrates are examples of

• mountains

• Gods

• rivers

• city-states

Polytheism refers to 

• a land with many city-states
• land controlled by many civilizations over a long period of time
• a fertile land with many rivers
• the belief in many gods

Ancient Sumerian wedge shaped writing was called

• Cuneiform

• Phonics

• Hieroglyphics

• Pictographics

Sumerian scribes wrote on these tablets made of this material

• Marble

• Rice paper

• Clay

• Wax

What attracted people to the Fertile Crescent?

• Religious temples

• Convenient water routes to trade on

• Unlimited natural resources

• Rich, fertile soil

Why were scribes important people in Sumer?

• They refused to teach anyone how to read
• They kept records for kings and priests
• They acquired large amounts of land
• They negotiated treaties between city-states

Why did people begin to write?

• To make laws
• To keep track of business and trade
• to communicate with one another
• it was easier than writing on cave walls

Which one of these was a military invention of the Assyrians?

• Chariots

• Spears

• Explosives

• Cannons

Ancient Mesopotamia is located in the Middle East. The Middle East is on which continent?

• Africa
• South America
• Asia 
• Europe