Mesopotamia

Why did people move into the Fertile Crescent?

• To be close to the sea

• For mining and iron

• For the water sources

• For farming

What were the Babylonians best known for?

• Iron Making

• Cuneiform

• Hammurabi's Code

• Their Army

What were the Sumerians known for?

• Inventing the wheel

• sailing

• Cuneiform

• All of the above

What is a ziggurat?

• A Sumerian Temple

• A Babylonian temple

• An Akkadian Temple

• A Hittite Temple

Define famine

• a group of people who are related

• shortage of crops, causing widespread starvation

• someone who is hungry

• a dance

What people overthrew the Assyrians?

• The Babylonias

• The Chaldeans

• The British

• The Persians

Why were the hanging gardens built?

• for food

• for trade

• for looks

• for the king's wife

Who took over Babylon after Nebuchadzezzar died?

• The Akkadians

• The Chaleans

• The Persians

• The Hittites

How would you classify skilled workers who made metal, cloth, or pottery products , or make-up?

• Priests

• Artisans

• Scribes

• Heroes

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