Mesopotamia Quiz 6th Period

This picture shows an area known as the..

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

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

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

Which of the following is NOT true of Hammurabi's code?

• It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.

• It was used by many later civilizations as a model

• It treated all people the same under the law.

• It was carved in stone.

A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a

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

The Babylonian leader who created the first written code of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life

• Gilgamesh

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

• Sumer

Where did the first civilizations begin because of the good farming conditions?

• in the mountains

• near the sea

• in river valleys

• n the desert

Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops is used for________________.

• irrigation

• nomads

• ziggurat

• scribes

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