Mesopotamia Test Review

What are the names of the two main rivers in Mesopotamia?

• White Nile and Blue Nile

• Indus and Ganges

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Nile and Tigris

The system of levees and canals used to divert water to crops is called

• specialization

• irrigation

• ziggurats

• agriculture

One factor that contributed to the success of the Assyrian army was its weapons made of________.

• gold

• steel

• bronze

• iron

Who did the Akkadians conquer?

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

• Sumer

• Babylonia

Which civilization of Mesopotamia is considered to be the first advanced civilization, also attributed with inventing the wheel, writing, and government?

• Persians

• Babylonians

• Akkadians

• Sumerians

Hammurabi was king of which of the following empires?

• Akkad

• Chaldean

• Uruk

• Babylon

Which of the following empires was known for being fierce and using iron weapons?

• Babylonian

• Assyrian

• Chaldean

• Akkadian

Which king of Mesopotamia instituted a code of laws for his people to live by?

• Nebuchadnezzar II

• Gilgamesh

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

Which of the following is considered the Sumerians most important invention?

• Skillet

• Wheel

• Chariot

• Sail

Who destroyed the Assyrians?

• Chaldeans

• Persians

• Akkadians

• Babylonians