Mesopotamia

This picture shows an area known as the..

• Farming Curve
• Fertile Crescent
• Only Mesopotamia

• Fertile Curve

Which king had laws of the land WRITTEN DOWN so that everyone could see them?

• Gilgamesh

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Sargon

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Cuneiform
• Hieroglyphs
• English
• Cursive

Which of the following were members of the upper class?

• kings and priests
• artisans
• merchants and traders
• scribes

What's NOT true about ziggurats?

• they were temples to honor the gods

• people left food and wine as offerings there

• they were at the center of town

• anyone could go inside of them

Why were scribes so respected in Mesopotamia?

• only a few people knew how to write

• they were equal to the king

• they had the most money

• they spoke lots of foreign languages

Sumerians believed in many gods which was known as ...

• Monotheism

• Christianity

• Polytheism

• Judaism

City-states had their own...

• army

• patron god

• king

• all of these

All of the following were city-states in Mesopotamia except

• Ur

• Alexandria

• Uruk

• Babylon

Sumerian artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up this group.

• business class
• lower class
• middle class
• upper class