Mesopotamia

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Cuneiform
• Hieroglyphs
• English
• Sargon

Which of these are Sumerian inventions?

• Plow
• Wheel
• Sailboat
• All of them

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

What is polytheism?

• an amphibian with many legs

• the worship of many gods

• the worship of one god

• the worship of no god/gods

Which group created the first alphabet? 

• Sumerians
• Babylonians
• Phoenicians

This was used to control flooding and provide water to crops?

• Ziggurats
• Domestication
• Agriculture
• Irrigation

First known written laws

• Ziggurat

• Cuneiform

• Code of Hammurabi

• Epic of Gilgamesh

World’s first writing system

• Cuneiform

• Epic of Gilgamesh

• Mesopotamia

• Ziggurat