Mesopotamia

Which of these are Sumerian inventions?

• Plow
• Wheel
• Sailboat
• All of them

Babylonian leader who created the first written code of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life

• Gilgamesh
• Sargon
• Hammurabi 
• Sumer

The word "Mesopotamia" means

• middle of the fertile crescent
• land in the middle of the desert 
• land between the rivers
• land north of the sea

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

• Priests
• Artisans 
• Scribes
• Heros

When the Akkadians under Sargon conquered the city-states of Sumer, they created the first

• empire
• huge city-state
• nation
• democracy

Which of the following is  NOT true of Hammurabi's code?

• It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.
• t was used by many later civilizations as a model
• It treated all people the same under the law.
• It was carved in stone.

The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?

• artisans
• scribes
• heads of households
• merchants

Why was Sargon important?

• He united Babylon to create the first empire
• He united Mesopotamia and created the first Empire
• He united Mesopotamia and made the first civilization
• He united Babylon and created the first civilization

Long, fictional story written in cuneiform

• Ziggurat

• Code of Hammurabi

• Cultural Hearth

• Epic of Gilgamesh

What does letter A represent?

• Tigris

• Euphrates

• Mesopotamia

• Fertile Crescent