Mesopotamia

True or False: The Fertile Crescent includes parts of the modern countries of Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, and Jordan.

• True
• False

True or False: Sumerian city-states went to war with one another in order to increase trade.

• True
• False

True or False: Many Sumerians were skilled metalworkers because of the abundance of metal in Sumer.

• True
• False

True or False: Sargon conquered all the peoples of Mesopotamia, creating the world's first empire.

• True
• False

True or False: The Assyrian army numbered around 50,000 soldiers, including infantry, cavalry, and charioteers.

• True
• False

Which group rebelled against the Assyrians?

• Babylonians
• Chaldeans
• Sumerians
• Hittites

The first Sumerian kings were probably

• artisans
• farmers
• scribes
• war heroes

Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?

• Gilgamesh
• Hammurabi
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Sargon

Sumerian artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up this group.

• business class
• lower class
• middle class
• upper class

During the summer in Mesopotamia

• high humidity kept people indoors
• melting snow led to flooding
• snow sometimes fell
• water was scarce