Mesopotamia Review

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

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphs

• English

• Sargon

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

• Gilgamesh

• King Sargon

• King Hammurabi

• King Sumer

What was the purpose of the scribe?

• Rule the people and make the laws

• Develop the economy

• Teach the people about religion

• Write and record documents & manuscripts

Hammurabi's Code is important in world history because it was a __________.

• Form of writing that could be used to record important events
• Written list of laws that contained ideas still found today
• Record-keeping system that enabled the Phoenecians to become great traders
• Set of symbols that allowed the Sumerians to communicate with other people

A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god or goddesses was called a

• scribe.

• cradle.

• Gilgamesh.

• ziggurat.

A self governing city with control over the surrounding villages and farmland

• City-State

• Country

• Villiage

• Culture

What was the main religion of the Sumerians who believed in many gods?

• Monotheism

• Christianity

• Polytheism

• Judaism

A scientist who learns about ancient people by studying the things they left behind

• Babylon

• deity

• archaeologists

• civilization