Mesopotamia

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

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Cuneiform
• Hieroglyphs
• English
• Sargon

A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a

• scribe.
• cradle.
• Gilgamesh.
• ziggurat.

What was the main religion of the Sumerians?

• Monotheism
• Christianity
• Polytheism
• Judaism

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

• Gilgamesh
• Sargon
• Hammurabi 
• Sumer

The word "Mesopotamia" means

• middle of the fertile crescent
• land in the middle of the desert 
• land between the rivers
• land north of the sea

Central city and its surrounding farmland

• Ziggurat

• City-state

• Mesopotamia

• Cultural Hearth

First known written laws

• Ziggurat

• Cuneiform

• Code of Hammurabi

• Epic of Gilgamesh

Land between two rivers

• Cultural Hearth

• Mesopotamia

• Cuneiform

• City-state

What was Hammurabi's Code? 

• The first set of written laws
• The first set of laws
• The first set of records 
• The first set of written names