Mesopotamia

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Sargon
• Cyrillian
• cuneiform
• hieroglypics

Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life? (CODE OF ______)

• Hammurabi

• Gilgamesh

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Ninevah

Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops

• irrigation

• nomads

• ziggurat

• scribes

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 of these are Sumerian inventions?

• Plow
• Wheel
• Sailboat
• All of them

A city with political and economic control over the surrounding countryside

• City-State

• Country

• Villiage

• Culture

What modern day country is Mesopotamia mostly in?

• India
• Egypt
• China
• Iraq

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

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

A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a

• scribe.
• cradle.
• Gilgamesh.
• ziggurat.

What was the main religion of the Sumerians?

• Monotheism
• Christianity
• Polytheism
• Judaism