Unit 3: Mesopotamia

This picture shows an area known as the..

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

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Cuneiform
• Hieroglyphs
• English
• Sargon

Which of the following were members of the upper class?

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

When the Akkadians under Sargon conquered the city-states of Sumer, they created the first

• empire
• huge city-state
• nation
• democracy

A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a

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

What was the main religion of the Sumerians?

• Monotheism
• Christianity
• Polytheism
• Judaism

Curved strip of land that runs from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf

• Mesopotamia
• Fertile Crescent
• silt
• Babylon

The word "Mesopotamia" means

• middle of the fertile crescent
• land in the middle of the desert 
• land between the rivers
• land north of the sea

The word "Mesopotamia" means

• middle of the fertile crescent
• land in the middle of the desert 
• land between the rivers
• land north of the sea

"the land between the rivers"; an early civilization between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• China
• India
• Egypt
• Mesopotamia