Mesopotamia

The middle class of Sumer consisted of

• kings, priests, and artisans.

• artisans, farmers, and merchants.

• merchants, priests, and artisans.

• artisans, priests, and farmers.

A group of many different lands under one ruler is a(n)

• civilization.

• empire.

• kingdom.

• ziggurat.

People who were the official record keepers and writers in Sumer were called

• ziggurats.

• irrigations.

• priests.

• scribes.

The Babylonian king, ________________, is best known for creating a set of laws that were written in stone.

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Ahmed

The army of ________________ numbered about 50,000 fierce and well-trained soldiers.

• Babylon

• Mesopotamia

• Neolithic

• Assyria

The rivers in Mesopotamia were the

• Nile and Yellow

• Ganges and Indus

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Tigris and Nile

Sumerian cities were cut off from each other because of ________________.

• large forests.

• mountains and deserts.

• the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

• mudflats and deserts.

One factor that contributed to the success of the Assyrian army were its ____________________.

• bronze weapons.

• iron weapons.

• steel weapons.

• gold weapons.

The people in Mesopotamia dug canals to ________________.

• create a barrier to their city.

• create a new river.

• make a ziggurat.

• control floods and use as irrigation.

King Nebuchadnezzar was best known for ___________________.

• having a name that means “true king”.

• traveling to the cedar forests.

• rebuilding the city of Babylon into the richest city in the world.

• declaring “an eye for an eye”.