Mesopotamia

What does Mesopotamia mean?

• the land of plenty

• the land between rivers

• the middle of the earth

• the land of smart people

What is polytheism?

• an amphibian with many legs

• the worship of many gods

• the worship of one god

• the worship of no god/gods

Three things that the Sumerians invented were...

• The wheel, writing, and the plow.

• The wheel, top, and toys.

• The wheel, the telephone, and houses

• The wheel, the computer, and guns.

What is cuneiform?

• the first writing system

• a game made with cubes

• the first written law

• a seal

What is a ziggurat?

• a tomb for the king

• a temple where the priests worshiped their gods

• a temple where the priests performed human sacrifices

• a Mesopotamian cigarett.

Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery are called

• priests
• artisans
• scribes 
• heroes

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Sargon
• Cyrillian
• cuneiform
• hieroglypics

Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?

• Hammurabi
• Gilgamesh
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Ninevah

Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?

• the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
• the Tigris and the Persian Gulf
• the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates
• the Euphrates and the Tigris

Record keepers who often kept records for government officals

• irrigation
• nomads
• ziggurat
• scribes