Ancient Mesopotamia Quiz #2

As civilization developed in Mesopotamia, independent cities surrounded by farmland developed. These were called

• Empires

• City-states

Who was the head of the government and also at the top of the social structure?

• Slaves

• Merchants

• Priests

• Kings

At the center of each city-state was a religious building called a

• garden.

• ziggurat.

• farm.

• school.

This empire has a strict set of laws and consequences. Babylonian or Neo-Babylonian?

• Babylonian Empire

• Neo-Babylonian Empire

This was the first empire in Mesopotamian (and in the world). Akkadian or Assyrian?

• Akkadian Empire

• Assyrian Empire

A large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader or government is called a(n)

• empire.

• city-state.

The rivers in Mesopotamia gave

• fresh water for drinking

• fish

• silt for farming

• all of the above

Mountains and deserts can help to protect a civilization by keeping out invaders.

• True

• False

The written language used by ancient Mesopotamians to record laws, trade records, a list of their kings and business contracts was called

• the alphabet

• cave paintings

• cuneiform

• hieroglyphics

A Mesopotamian invention that helps us organize our day today.

• wheel

• 60 seconds in 1 minute/60 minutes in 1 hour

• medicine

• None of these