Mesopotamia

The Code of Hammurabi in Babylonia was intended to

• free slaves from oppression.
• Give all people voting rights
• Let all people know the laws
• allow commoners to have more rights

Which of these is an accurate description of a Mesopotamian ziggurat?

• a burial place for emperors
• a religious and civic center
  
• a ship with triangular sails
  
• a weapon used to destroy walls
  

 The area known as "Mesopotamia" is found between the rivers

• Nile and Congo.
  
• Nile and Congo.
  
• Yellow and Yangtze
• Tigris and Euphrates

In which area would you find the "Fertile Crescent"

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

This style of writing would have been found in which civilization?

• Egytian
• Shang
• Indus
• Sumerians

Cuneiform, one of the earliest forms of writing, was probably developed as a means of keeping records of

• population size
• religious rituals
• trade and commerce
• numbers of live stock people owned

 Which of these is the BEST definition of "civilization" for a history class?

• the way people talk
• a group of people with the same culture
• the ability to walk upright
• how sophisticated someone behaves

Beyond the basic elements of civilization, what did the Sumerians add to future societies and cultures?

• patriarchy and job specialization
  
• social classes and agricultural surplus
  
• clearly-defined government and large cities
  
• raising livestock and monumental architecture

Epic of Gilgamesh
cuneiform
ziggurats
Code of Hammurabi
All of these are MOST related to which civilization?

• Egypt
• India
• Huang He
• Mesopotamia

Mesopotamian religion was polytheistic. Polytheistic means

• "The belief of gods in nature"
• "The belief in more than one god"
• "The belief that priests were kings"
• "The belief that god was everywhere"