Mesopotamia

What was the name of the first civilization in Mesopotamia?

• Iraq

• Sumer

• Persia

• Canaan

What current day region was Mesopotamia located in?

• South Pacific

• MidWest

• Middle East

• North America

Mesopotamia started between which 2 rivers?

• Yellow and Huang He

• Nile and Amazon

• Mississippi and Ohio

• Tigris and Euphrates

Which of the following people did NOT live in Mesopotamia?

• Egyptians

• Babylonians

• Assyrians

• Sumerians

What was Cuneiform?

• The Sumerian system of writing

• An invention to help with irrigation

• The title of the Sumerian King

• A region in Mesopotamia

Which King created his own set of 282 laws?

• Moses

• Cleopatra

• Hammurabi

• King John

Which of the following was NOT one of the 282 laws that we went over?

• Eye for an Eye

• If you break into a house to steal you are forced to pay a fine to the homeowner

• If you are putting out a fire and steal furniture you will be thrown into the fire

• The world's first marraige/divorce, health care, and veterinary laws

Which Empire did Hammurabi rule over?

• Mesopotamian

• Assyrian

• Babylonian

• Roman

Which word means "Land Between 2 Rivers" in Greek?

• Mesopotamia

• Egypt

• Polytheism

• Euphrates

Which of the following did the Phoenicians NOT do?

• Collect resources such as cedar wood and purple dye

• Conquer The Persian Empire

• Trade across the Mediterranean Sea

• Create their own alphabet