Ancient Mesopotamia

Which of the following means a belief in many gods

• Gilgamesh

• monotheism

• polytheism

• scribe

Which of the following means "Land between two rivers"

• Fertile Crescent

• city-state

• empire

• Mesopotamia

What was the name for the writing developed by the Sumerians

• writing

• monotheism

• cuneiform

• fertile crescent

Curved strip of land that runs from the Persian Gulf to Egypt

• Mesopotamia

• Fertile Crescent

• silt

• Babylon

a system that supplies dry land with water through ditches, pipes, or streams

• Fertile Crescent
• polytheism
• cuneiform
• irrigation

What are the two main rivers in Mesopotamia?

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

Why was writing first invented?

• for texting

• to write books

• for fun

• to keep records

Who was a king for the old Babylonian Empire

• Sumerians

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Hammurabi

• Sargon

Who invented the wheel?

• Mr. Edwards
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Hammurabi
• Sumerians

A Mesopotamian temple

• pyramid

• ziggurate

• Ishtar

• battering ram