Mesopotamia

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

A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a

• scribe.
• cradle.
• Gilgamesh.
• ziggurat.

Which of these are Sumerian inventions?

• Plow
• Wheel
• Sailboat
• All of them

What was the main religion of the Sumerians?

• Monotheism
• Christianity
• Polytheism
• Judaism

The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?

• artisans
• scribes
• heads of households
• merchants

Rule by one person, a king or queen

• Dictatorship
• Theorcracy
• Monarchy
• Oligarchy

The Sumerians invented something that made it possible for their armies to use chariots. What was it?  

• harnesses
• swords
• wheels
• horseshoes

Where did the first civilizations arise because of farming conditions?

• in the mountains
• near the sea
• in river valleys
• n the desert