Mesopotamia

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

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Cuneiform
• Hieroglyphs
• English
• Sargon

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

• artisans
• scribes
• heads of households
• merchants

tibute

• tax

• a group of different lands ruled by the same government

• a game

• hunger

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Sargon
• Cyrillian
• cuneiform
• hieroglypics

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

Rule by one person, a king or queen

• Dictatorship
• Theorcracy
• Monarchy
• Oligarchy

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

Slavery in Sumer was

• the result of capture during war or the in ability to pay off a debt.

• uncommon and very seldom practiced.

• based on race.

• strictly forbidden by the Code of Hammurabi.