Mesopotamia and Egypt

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

• China
• India
• Egypt
• Mesopotamia

Belief in more than one god

• Polytheism
• Monotheism
• Theocracy
• Theology

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Temples built by Sumerians to honor the gods and goddesses they worshiped

• City-States
• Statues
• Churches
• Ziggurats

A form of writing that uses groups of wedges and lines. It originated in Mesopotamia.

• Heiroglyphics
• Cuneiform
• Sumerian
• Sanskrit

Government that is controlled by religious leaders

• Monarchy
• Theocracy
• Oligarchy
• Dictatorship

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

• Mesopotamia
• Fertile Crescent
• silt
• Babylon

What are the two main rivers in Mesopotamia?

• Tigris and Nile
• Tigris and Amazon
• Tigris and Euphrates
• Euphrates and Mississippi

Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?

• Gilgamesh
• Hammarabui
• Nineveh
• Sargon

Which of these are Sumerian inventions?

• Plow
• Wheel
• Sailboat
• All of them

What was the main religion of the Sumerians?

• Monotheism
• Christianity
• Polytheism
• Judaism