Mesopotamia

Ancient Mesopotamia existed between what two rivers? 

• Tigris and Nile
• Euphrates and Nile
• Amazon and Nile
• Tigris and Euphrates

_______ means "land between two rivers." 

• Crescent
• Euphrates
• Tigris
• Mesopotamia

Where was Sumer located?

• In what is now modern Egypt
• In north Mesopotamia
• In the southern corner of Mesopotamia
• In the western Fertile Crescent

Due to the surplus of food what was able to be specialized?

• Social classes
• Jobs
• Religion

What is a city-state?

• The area inside the city wall
• The city and the countryside around it.
• The farmland
• The market place

What civilization was led by Sargon and was located north of Sumer?

• The Akkadians
• Egypt
• Babylonia
• Sinai Penninsula

Which word describes the religion of the Sumerians?

• monotheistic
• polytheistic
• paganistic
• Christian

What was the name for a person who could read and write in Sumer?

• king
• government official
• scribe
• writer

What is the name for a pyramid shaped temple tower in Sumer?

• pyramid
• ziggurat
• church
• holy tower

The Sumerians invented which two things?

• fire and flint
• the wheel and plow
• the first buildings and fire
• the wheel and the car