Mesopotamia

Which of the following was at the bottom of Mesopotamia’s (Sumerian) social structure?

• Farmers

• Slaves

• Priests

• Nobles

What is the belief in many gods called?

• Monotheism

• Atheism

• Polytheism

• Pantheism

What attracted people to the Fertile Crescent?

• convenient navigation

• rich soil

• cool temperatures

• religious temples

A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a

• scribe

• cradle

• Gilgamesh

• ziggurat

Which piece of evidence from the chart supports the idea that agriculture was reliable in Egypt?

• Many natural defenses

• Metal products and pottery

• Kingdoms ruled by pharaohs

• Dependable and regular flooding

The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?

• artisans

• scribes

• heads of households

• merchants

Who developed the first empire in Mesopotamia?

• Hammurabi

• Sargon

• Ashurbanipal

• Nabopolassar

The astronomers of Babylon mapped

• the irrigation canals.

• the ocean currents.

• the nearby mountains.

• the stars and the planets.

Assyrian kings divided their empire into political districts called

• provinces

• states

• counties

• wards

Sumerians invented

• the wheel

• the compass

• paper money

• gunpowder