Fertile Crescent and Ancient Mesopotamia

In what present day country is most of Ancient Mesopotamia located?

• Egypt

• Iraq

• Turkey

What group of people established the first civilization?

• Babylonians

• Summerians

• Persians

What is Mesopotamia referred to as?

• The Far East

• The Fertile Desert

• The Cradle of Civilization

Monotheism is the belief in one god.

• True

• False

Polytheism is the belief in one god.

• True

• False

Who built the Hanging Gardens

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchandnezzer II

• Sargon

What Mesopotamia civilizations was considered as a warrior society

• Assyrians

• Babylonians

• Sumerians

What TWO rivers were important to the Mesopotamia civilizations?

• Tigirs

• Nile

• Euphrates

What civilization was the first to write and record their laws?

• Sumerians

• Chaldeans

• Babylonians

In what order did civilization grow in Mesopotamia?

• from villages to cities to hunter and gathers

• from cities to villages to hunter and gathers

• from hunter and gathers to cities to villages

• from hunter and gathers to villages to cities