Mesopotamia Review

What does "Mesopotamia" mean?

• The Seven Hills

• The Great Lake

• The Land Between the Rivers

• The City

Very rich soil that was deposited flooding rivers.

• Sand
• Silt
• Soil
• Levees

These are walls built to keep flood waters back.

• Dams
• Leaves
• Levees
• Droughts

The ancient Mesopotamian system of writing was called

• Cutieform
• Cuneiform
• Heiroglyphics
• Sanskrit

An official writer or record keeper

• Scribble
• Sumer
• Ziggurat
• Scribe

Hammurabi was most know for

• His code of law

• Searching for eternal life

• Ruling for 56 years

• Cuneiform

Mesopotamia is the land between which two rivers?

• Euphrates and Tigris
• Red and Black
• Tiger and Euphrates
• Mississippi and Missouri

Which invention allowed the Ancient Mesopotamians to travel farther and faster?

• Wheel
• Cuneiform
• Battering Ram
• Pottery Wheel

The belief in many gods and goddesses is called

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Religion

• Cuneiform

What is a complex society with religion, government, learning, division of labor, and a stable food supply?

• city-state
• colony
• civilization
• status