1.2 Mesopotamian Civilization

Which of the following is NOT a basic characteristic of a civilization?

• cities

• unorganized leadership

• art

• religion

• writing system

Which of the following is not something that rivers provided to the first civilizations

• fish

• fresh drinking water

• transportation

• electricity

Mesopotamia was located on a flat plain between what two rivers?

• Yangtze and Indus

• Tigris and Nile

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Ganges and Euphrates

What did farmers in Mesopotamia do to control water problems and ensure that they could grow food?

• Built dams to control flooding

• set up irrigation

• built canals, waterways and ditches

• sent their goods on the river to other city-states

In what region in souther Mesopotamia had many cities formed by 3000 B.C.?

• Sumer

• Chaldea

• Assyria

• Ur

Why did the Sumerian city-states often go to way with each other?

• Kings would steal the wife of other city-states.

• They spoke different languages.

• They fought for glory and to control more land and territory.

• They believed in different religions.

What was the name of the wedge-shaped writing form developed by the Sumerians?

• cyrillic

• alphabet

• hieroglyphics

• cuneiform

Who wrote the first law code, or collection of laws?

• Hammurabi

• Sargon

• Gigamesh

• Nebuchadnezzar

Who created the world's first empire?

• Hammurabi

• Sargon

• Gigamesh

• Nebuchadnezzar

How did the Sumerians protect their city-states?

• They used catapults.

• Soldiers rode on horses.

• Soldiers were camped on the border with the next city-state.

• They built mud-brick walls.