Mesopotamia

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

The Sumerian writing system was called (DOK 1)

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphs

• English

• Sargon

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.

What was the main religion of the Sumerians? ^{(DOK 1)}

• Monotheism

• Christianity

• Polytheism

• Judaism

A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside

• City-State
• Country
• Villiage
• Culture

Rule by one person, a king or queen

• Dictatorship
• Theorcracy
• Monarchy
• Oligarchy

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

• Gilgamesh
• Sargon
• Hammurabi 
• Sumer