Mesopotamia Review

The ancient Mesopotamian system of writing was called

• Cutieform
• Cuneiform
• Heiroglyphics
• Sanskrit

An official writer or record keeper

• Scribble
• Sumer
• Ziggurat
• Scribe

A self-governing city that also governs nearby villages

• Empire
• City-state
• Polytheism
• Ziggurat

Hammurabi was most known for

• His code of law

• Searching for eternal life

• Ruling for 56 years

• Cuneiform

Mesopotamia means ...

• the land within the Fertile Crescent

• the land of mess and potatoes

• the land between the rivers

• the land of fabulous wealth

The two rivers of Mesopotamia are the Tigris and

• Nile

• Euphrates

• Indus

• Mississippi

What was the center of religion, government, and surplus storage in a Sumerian city-state?

• the court house

• the mudbrick homes

• the grain silos

• the ziggurat

Which was NOT an invention of the Sumerians?

• bronze tools

• stone tools

• cuneiform

• wheel

The highest ranking members of Sumerian society were...

• slaves and farmers.

• villagers and farmers.

• priests and kings.

• kings and villagers.

The plow was an invention used to...

• water crops

• break up soil

• transport surpluses

• record information