Mesopotamia

The Mesopotamian rivers did which of the following?

• provided fertile soil.
• killed crops.
• calmed the people
• made Mesopotamia an island

__________ = the worship of many gods.

• Monotheism
• Ziggurat
• Priests
• Polytheism

What did King Nebuchadnezzar build for one of his wives? 

• Written Laws
• A Ziggurat
• Hanging Gardens
• Calendars

Which of these are Sumerian inventions?

• Plow
• Wheel
• Sailboat
• All of them

The word "Mesopotamia" means

• middle of the fertile crescent
• land in the middle of the desert 
• land between the rivers
• land north of the sea

Artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up this group

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

What ancient Sumerian most likely spoke these words? "I live in a two-story house near the center of the city. I like to throw parties where my guests eat from gold plates and drink from gold cups."

• a craftsperson

• a merchant

• a farmer

• a government official

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Cyrillian

• Sargon

• hieroglyphics

• cuneiform

The Sumerians build a temple called a ________ to honor their chief god

• Gilgamesh
• scribe
• cradle
• ziggurat

Mesopotamia's climate was

• hot and dry
• always cold
• temperate
• tropical