Mesopotamia Review

Mesopotamia is located in what is present day

• Russia
• Egypt
• Iran
• Iraq

Today we use paper to write on, but in Ancient Mesopotamia they used ________________ to record (write) the cuneiform.

• wood

• clay tablets

Cuneiform was?

• A special agreement
• writing system
• a temple

A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a

• scribe.
• cradle.
• Gilgamesh.
• ziggurat.

What was the main religion of the Sumerians?

• Monotheism
• Christianity
• Polytheism
• Judaism

The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?

• artisans
• scribes
• heads of households
• merchants

What is the difference between Prehistoric society and Mesopotamian society?

• Prehistoric people were hunter gatherers, Mesopotamian people were farmers.

• Prehistoric people did not leave written history, Mesopotamian people left extensive writings.

• Prehistoric people made artwork primarily about animals, Mesopotamian people made art about many subjects.

• Prehistoric people were nomads, Mesopotamian people built cities and lived in them.

• All of these

In ancient Mesopotamia, your social class was determined by

• your own freedom to choose

• how hard you worked

• your parents' social class

Government officials were low on the Mesopotamian Social Class Pyramid

• True

• False

Which statement shows how important priests and priestesses were in Sumerian society?

• They lived closest to the ziggurat in the temple complex.

• They lived furthest from the ziggurat in the temple complex.

• Their houses were very close together.

• They prayed before meals.