Ancient Middle East/African Civilizations

Mesopotamia is Greek for

• fertile crescent
• land between 2 rivers
• Sumer
• Babylon

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

Which two conditions are ideal for growing crops with irrigation?

• Cold CLimate

• Hot Climate

• Humid Climate

• Semiarid Climate

• Wet Climate

An archaeologist working at a Mesopotamian settlement found some writing on a clay tablet. When he translated the writing, he found that it contained information about a year when crops did not grow well, even though there was enough rainfall. Which possible reason for the decline of Mesopotamian civilizations would fit the situation described on the clay tablet?

• Bad leaders

• War

• Scarcity of resources

• Over watering and over irrigation

Which two professions were created as a result of the development of cuneiform in Mesopotamia?

• Priest

• Scribe

• Farmer

• Blacksmith

Hammurabi is best known for...

• his code of laws

• the empire he created with Babylon at its center

• creating the first empire in the world

• creating stele

The ruler who built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon was

• Ashurbanipal

• Assyrians

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Hebrews

What is monotheism?

• Belief in no gods

• Belief in one god

• Belief in many gods

What is polytheism?

• Belief in no gods

• Belief in one god

• Belief in many gods

What did Hittites make their weapons out of?

• Silver

• Iron

• Bronze

• Orichalcum