Chapter 4 Mesopotamia TEST

In Mesopotamia, floods deposited silt, which made the soil

• rocky

• fertile

• dry

• barren

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

• government officials

• warriors

• merchants, farmers, fishers

• enslaved people

Sumerians developed a 12 month calendar by recording the

• positions of the stars and cycles of the moon

• length of the seasons

• amount of flooding

• number of days with rainfall

Who developed the first set of laws in Mesopotamia?

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

• Nabopolassar

• Ashurbanipal

What did the Assyrians demand from the people they conquered?

• leaving their homes

• participation in elections

• volunteers for the army

• forced payments or tribute

Assyrian kings divided their empires into

• regions

• city states

• provinces or political districts

• districts

Which wonder of the ancient world was located in Babylon?

• Chaldean Empire

• Babylon

• Hanging Gardens

• Ziggurat

The two rivers in Mesopotamia are

• the White Nile and Blue Nile

• the Euphrates and the Nile

• the Euphrates and the Tigris

• the Mississippi and the Amazon

Surplus is an amount leftover after a need has been met.

• True

• False

A city-state has its own government.

• True

• False