Mesopotamia

Which was a religious structure that the Mesopotamians worshiped at?

• Pyramids
• Ziggurats
• Torahs
• Canals

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

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

• Gilgamesh
• Hammarabui
• Nineveh
• Sargon

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Cuneiform
• Hieroglyphs
• English
• Sargon

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

• It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.
• t was used by many later civilizations as a model
• It treated all people the same under the law.
• It was carved in stone.

Which of these are Sumerian inventions?

• Plow
• Wheel
• Sailboat
• All of them

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

• artisans
• scribes
• heads of households
• merchants

What was the main religion of the Sumerians?

• Monotheism
• Christianity
• Polytheism
• Judaism

In order to have a division of labor, what did they have to have before that? 

• Farming
• Irrigation
• Food Surplus
• All of these

The basic unit of government in Mesopotamia was the

• land owned by an individual.

• village.

• county.

• city state.