6th Grade Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia was located along land between 

• the Nile and Euphrates Rivers.  
• the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.  
• the Red Sea and the Tigris River.  
• the Nile and Tigris Rivers.  

Which of the following was the first written set of laws?  

• the Epic of Gilgamesh
• the Ziggurat of Ur
• Hammurabi's Code
• the Ten Commandments

Where did writing first develop?  

• Assyria
• Mesopotamia
• Phoenicia
• Canaan

In Mesopotamia, people eventually combined symbols into a script known as

• exile.

• cuneiform.

• empire.

• famine.

What is a city-state?

• A beach

• Cities that acted as politically independent states.

• A building

• A restaurant

What is the name of the first civilization in Mesopotamia?

• Sumeria

• Clayton

• Turkey

• China

Why was King Sargon I so important?

• He gave everyone food

• United the Sumerian city-states

• Planned parties every month

• He invented cars.

The following are all accomplishments of the Babylonians except:

• Telling time

• Cuneiform

• Irrigation

• Building Riverwood Middle School

Sumerians were polytheistic people. What does this mean?

• They believed in one god.

• They didn't believe in any gods.

• They believed there were many gods.

• They believed the cow was a god.

Sumerians built ______________ dedicated to the chief god or goddess.

• ziggurats

• churches

• houses

• caves