Mesopotamia Review

What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean?

• land between the hills

• land between the rivers

• great for farming

• two rivers

Which two rivers border the Fertile Crescent?

• Tigers and Elephants

• Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea

• Tigris and Euphrates

What was the Sumerian written language called?

• English

• Hieroglyphics

• Spanish

• Cuneiform

Why did people leave the northern region of Mesopotamia and move to the southern region?

• The population kept increasing and they were running out of land in the north

• The population kept decreasing and they had plenty of land in the north

• The north was too dry

• The north had too many diseases

Why were levees, canals, and dams used?

• To keep water away from neighboring towns

• To control the amount of water

• To make ponds so that they could wash clothes

• To create waterfalls for hydroelectric power

What were Sumerian settlements called?

• City-states

• Local farms

• Counties

• Villages

Which of the following were NOT invented by the Sumerians?

• Cunieform

• Barge

• Wheel

• Arch

The large and impressive temples which were used for worship were called what?

• Church

• Chapel

• Cathedral

• Ziggurat

A city-state is...

• an independent city that is similar to a small country

• a city that has no power of its own

• a country that follows the laws of a larger country

What empire conquered Sumer and became the first empire of the Ancient World?

• Assyrian

• Babylonian

• Neo-Babylonian

• Akkadian