Mesopotamia: Chapter 1-2 Review

______________________________ is a form of writing developed by the people of Sumer.

• cuneiform

• domestication

• ziggurat

• irrigation

The first civilizations arose __________ because the conditions for farming were good.

• in the mountains

• near the sea

• in the desert

• in the river valleys

Mesopotamia is known as

• The land between the oceans

• The land between the city

• the land between the rivers

• the land between the capital

Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?

• Gilgamesh

• Hammurabi

• Nineveh

• Sargon

Skilled workers who made metal, cloth, or pottery products were called

• Priests
• Artisans 
• Scribes
• Heros

Artisans, merchants, and fishers made up this group

• Lower Class
• Upper Class
• Middle Class
• Pass Class

A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a

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

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

• artisans
• scribes
• heads of households
• merchants

Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops 

• irrigation
• nomads
• ziggurat
• scribes

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