03 Mesopotamia and Hammurabi

Farming first developed in

• England

• Tigris - Euphrates River Valley

• Mississippi River Valley

• Great Rift Valley

Which river valley below represent Mesopotamia?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Sumerian governments can best be described as

• independent city-states

• large empires with many different peoples

• small bands of hunter and gatherers

• a federation of states

What was the purpose of the Ziggurat in Sumerian city-states?

• To worship the gods and keep them happy

• Protection from invasion

• Irrigation for farm lands

• Hold back flood waters

Mesopotamia means...

• "Land divided by the river"

• "River runs through it"

• "Land between two rivers"

• "Hammurabi - Strong Swimmer"

Scribes were valuable to rulers because of their skills in:

• Reading and Writing

• Public Works

• Architecture

• Metal Working

Civilizations developed in river valleys because

• Water was necessary to grow crops

• The climate was more favorable

• People wanted to fish

• Hunting was better

What was the name of the writing system used by Sumerians in Mesopotamia?

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics

• Shaduf

• Oracle Bones

One reason Hammurabi's code is famous is that

• it was the first set of laws recorded in writing

• it was written in a sophisticated code that took years for historians to translate

• it was beautifully written on a single giant stone of polished basalt

• it was the first set of laws to rhyme to help people remember them

Who was Hammurabi?

• He was a god.
• He was a king of the first city of Ur.
• He was the king of the Babylonian empire.
• He was a Mesopotamian scribe.