Ancient Civilizations

What were the two rivers that allowed settlement in Mesopotamia?

• Tigris and Euphrates
• Nile and Euprtes
• Tigris and Indus
• Tigris and Nile

_________ helped ideas spread around the world

• Heroes
• Trade
• Farming
• Epics

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Cyrillian
• Sargon
• heiroglyphics
• cuneiform

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

• Gilgamesh
• scribe
• cradle
• ziggurat

group of states under one ruler

• epic
• leeve
• empire
• culture

Which of the following were members of the upper class?

• kings and priests
• artisans
• scribes
• merchants and traders

This picture shows an area known as the..

• Farming Curve
• Fertile Crescent
• Green C
• Fertile Curve

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

• Gilgamesh
• Hammarabui
• Nineveh
• Sargon

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Cuneiform
• Hieroglyphs
• English
• Sargon

Which of the following is  NOT true of Hammurabi's code?

• It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.
• t was used by many later civilizations as a model
• It treated all people the same under the law.
• It was carved in stone.