Ancient Civilization

What did Hammurabi’s              Code provide for Mesopotamians?

• religious tradition
• economic system
• legal system
• writing system

Wedge-shaped writing made with reeds on clay tablets is called ____.

• hieroglyphics
• calligraphy
• picture writing
• cuneiform

Ancient Mesopotamia was known as what of civilization?

• Cradle of Human 
• Cradle of geography
• Cradle of hanging gardens
• old testament

Which rivers was Mesopotamia between?

• Tigris & Nile
• Nile & Euphrates
• Tigris & Amazon
• Tigris & Euphrates

Which river did the Ancient Egyptians live by?

• Nile
• Euphrates
•  Amazon
• Tigris 

In what modern day country was the Fertile Crescent?

• Iran
• Saudi Arabia
• Egypt
• Iraq

Who invented writing?

• Sumerian
• Babylonians
• Egyptians
• Persians

The Sumerians invented what?

• papyrus
• wheel
• compass
• mummies

How did Mesopotamians earn a living?

• eye for eye
• farming
• trade
• shipbuilding

What were the tombs for kings called in Ancient Egypt?

• caskets
• pyramids
• papryus
• hieroglyphics