Mesopotamia Unit Test

1. A large arc of rich, or fertile farmland.

• silt

• fertile crescent

• surplus

• Ziggurat

2. First set of 282 laws created by King Hammurabi

• Social Hiearchy

• cuneiform

• division of labor

• Hammurabi's Code

4. The world's first writing system

• surplus

• cuneiform

• irrigation

• silt

A mixture of soil and rocks that is very fertile.

• surplus

• irrigation

• empire

• silt

A system that divides people into classes based on the job of your family.

• empire

• division of labor

• social hierarchy

• silt

A way of controlling water for farming.

• Ziggurat

• irrigation

• empire

• division of labor

A pyramid-shaped temple

• Ziggurat

• fertile crescent

• Empire

• Social Hierarchy

What are the 2 rivers that referred to Mesopotamia?

• The Mississippi river and the County river

• Euphrates and Tigris rivers

This name means "Land between two rivers" and was a name given by the Greeks.

• empire

• Fertile Crescent

• Polytheism

• Mesopotamia

Which present day country makes up most of Mesopotamia?

• Iran

• Israel

• Egypt

• Iraq