Unit 3 - Ancient Mesopotamia

What was the writing system of Sumerians called?

• cuneiform
• hieroglyphics
• Sanskrit
• calligraphy

Which of the following best describes Mesopotamian religion?

• polytheism
• irrigation
• monotheism
• domestication

What are the earliest known written collection of laws called?

• Mesopotamian Laws
• Code of Babylon
• Hammurabi's Code
• Sumerian Code of Law

What was a long- lasting achievement of the Phoenicians?

• alphabet
• ziggurat
• pictographs
• architecture

What is a ziggurat?

• a Jewish house of worship
• a pyramid-shaped tower found in Sumerian cities 
• a wheeled, horse-drawn battle car
• the Sumerian writing system 

"the land between the rivers"

• Mesopotamia
• Sumer
• Fertile Crescent
• Hanging Gardens of Babylon

an area of rich soil in the Middle East, between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf

• Mesopotamia
• Sumer
• Fertile Crescent
• Hanging Gardens of Babylon

a political unit that includes a city and its nearby farmlands

• city-states
• cuneiform
• ziggurats
• Hammurabi's Code

This picture shows an area known as the..

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

Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?

• the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
• the Tigris and the Persian Gulf
• the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates
• the Euphrates and the Tigris