Mesopotamia

What does Mesopotamia mean?

• the land of plenty

• the land between rivers

• the middle of the earth

• the land of smart people

Why do they call it the Fertile Crescent?

• because the women had a lot of babies

• because the animals had a lot of babies

• because the moon was in a crescent form all of the time

• The land was fertile and shaped like a crescent moon.

Who were considered the first civilized people?

• the Egyptians

• the Babylonians

• the Americans

• the Sumerians

What was their religion like?

• They were Christians.

• They were Catholics.

• They worshipped many gods.

• They worshiped animals.

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.

What did a scribe do?

• He wrote for the king and government officials.

• He wrote stories.

• He told stories.

• He was in charge of collecting the taxes.

What is an epic?

• tax records

• farming records

• a short story that tells a story of the gods

• a long poem that tells a story of heroes