Ancient Mesopotamia Form A

Wedge shape writing is known as ^{(DOK 1)}

• cuneiform

• heiroglyphics

• wedging

• writing

Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers? ^{(DOK 1})

• the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean

• the Tigris and the Persian Gulf

• the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates

• the Euphrates and the Tigris

How are Hammurabi's laws related to USA laws? ( DOK 3 )

• They are laws that help keep societies keep structure and order.

• They are a set of laws that are broken.

• They are laws that include going to church.

• They are laws that include an eye for an eye.

How would you classify the following social hierarchy? ^{(DOK 2}

• Kings, Priests, Merchants and traders, farmers and laborers, and slaves.

• Kings, Priests, slaves, merchants, and farmers

• Priests, scribes, slaves, and merchants

• Priests, farmers, slaves, artisans, and traders.

This picture shows an area known as the.. ^{DOK 1}

• Farming Curve

• Fertile Crescent

• Green C

• Fertile Curve

Which of these are Sumerian inventions?

• Plow
• Wheel
• Sailboat
• All of them

A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a

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

A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside

• City-State
• Country
• Villiage
• Culture

The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?

• artisans
• scribes
• heads of households
• merchants

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

• Gilgamesh
• Sargon
• Hammurabi 
• Sumer