Mesopotamia Review

A place with a common culture which has certain developments such as cities, farming, and a writing system, is called:

• religion

• civilization

• surplus

• an ethnic group

The tools that make life easier through inventions and other advancements/achievements are forms of:

• specialized labor

• technology

• social structure

• agriculture

This characteristic divides the society into categories, with the highest class being on the top and the lowest class at the bottom.

• technology

• religion

• government

• social structure

Why was religion important to people of early civilizations?

• The needed to build religious temples for money.

• The could only trade with civilizations of the same religion.

• Religion helped to explain the forces of nature and role of humans.

• Priests needed jobs.

_________________ is considered by historians to be one of the most important characteristics of a civilization because it introduced the concept of record keeping.

• art

• writing

• religion

• social structure

The first civilizations developed near river valleys for many reasons including fertile land for crops, rivers provided water and fish and

• the development of a strong government

• good weather conditions

• trade and travel were made easier

• religion was easier to practice

Ancient Sumerians invented irrigation systems and plows. What did these two inventions help provide?

• a system of government

• a partner with whom to trade

• a surplus of food

• an honor for the gods

This leader developed the first empire in Mesopotamia

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Moses

This person developed a strict code of laws that became the basis of many modern law codes

• Sargon

• Nabopolassar

• Chaldea

• Hammurabi

Which of the following groups belonged to the Sumerian middle class?

• government officials

• warriors

• farmers and merchants

• enslaved people