Ancient Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia means "Land between....

• Egypt

• Two rivers

• The gulf of Persia

• The Delta deposits

The rivers that flow through Mesopotamia are

• The Tigris and Euphrates

• The Huange He and Yellow

• The Amazon and Nile

• The Mississippi and Ohio

According to Historic Archeological data, Sumer was considered to be

• The Last Civilization in Mesopotamia

• A lost city in Babylon

• Hammurabi's hometown

• The 1st Civilization composed of many city-states

The first style of writing was known as

• Hieroglyphics

• Cuneiform

• Pictograms

• Alphabets

Sumerians worshipped multiple gods meaning that they were considered to be______________; their temple of worship can be described as ________________

• Monotheistic, Pyramids

• Polytheistic, Pyramids

• Monotheistic, Ziggurats

• Polytheistic, Ziggurats

In earlier forms of social and governments structures (caste systems), "workers" were located in what tier?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

"eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" was an ideal way of exercising law established by which of the following

• Sumerian Priest's

• Hammurabi, king of Bablyon

• Egyptian Pharoah

• Ashoka

Which of the following is not considered technology created by the Egyptians

• Ziggurats

• Pyramids

• Sphinx

• Obelisks

The Indus River Civilization settled near which of the following river

• Ganges

• Nile

• Euphrates

• Mississippi

Mohenjo-Daro is mostly known for....

• it's Elaborate wall structures

• Nice waterways

• its Grid-pattern city structure and complex sewage system

• its hanging gardens