Mesopotamia

The land of Mesopotamia is controlled today by

• Saudi Arabia

• Iran

• Iraq

• Lebanon

The ziggurat was built to honor

• the King

• the god of the city-state

• the government officials

• families residing in the city-state

Nebachadnezzer built the beautiful terraced hanging gardens for his wife because

• the flowers provided a medication for her

• she missed the mountains of her homeland

• he thought she would give him a fortune

• they had a fight and he wanted to prove his love

The Code of Hammurabi followed the principal of

• treat others the way you want to be treated

• be a friend to everyone

• mind your own business

• an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers pass through a part of the worls known as

• Little Egypt

• Ruhr Valley

• Crown of Civilization

• Fertile Crescent

Mesopotamia means

• fertile land

• land between two rivers

• rivers of life

• middle territory

The leader of each city-state was called a luga, ensi, or

• General

• President

• King

• Governor

The form of writing used by Hammurabi's scribes was called

• hieroglyphis

• Arabic

• cuneiform

• pictograms

What is irrigation?

• supplying water to land through a system of canals and ditches

• completely drying out, the end of a people

• the area of fertile land at the mouth of a river

• the process of removing salt from water

The first leader of an empire in Mesopotamia was

• Hammurabi

• Sargon

• Nebachadnezzer

• King Tut