Ancient Mesopotamia

Sumer is important because it was...

• the world's first civilization
• the world's largest empire
• where humans evolved
• where fishing villages first developed

The Fertile Crescent soil is...

• dry
• rich
• rocky
• unproductive

The Fertile Crescent is present-day...

• Egypt
• Iran
• Iraq
• Persia

The Babylonian King who wrote 282 laws...

• Cyrus
• Abraham
• Hammurabi
• Moses

Polytheism is the belief that...

• spirits that control your life.
• the universe controls your life.
• there are many gods.
• there is a heaven.

Mesopotamia had a surplus of food because...

• everyone had some kind of agricultural job during the year.
• they used metal tools and irrigation systems to increase crop yields.
• scientists developed hybrid crops that resisted diseases.
• trade networks brought grain and animal products.

There were, at one time, 282 laws that had to be followed. They were known as ...

• Rock River Intermediate Code of Conduct
• Code of Nebechudezzar
• Code of Hammurabi
• Code of Gilgamesh

Mesopotamians wrote on

• dirt
• rocks
• Paper
• Clay tablets

Empires of Mesopotamia built __________________ to honor their gods.

• statues
• pyramids
• ziggurats
• roads

What is the term for the writing system developed by the Sumerians that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay?

• writing
• monotheism
• cuneiform
• fertile crescent