Mesopotamia Review

Sumerians worshiped and believed in more than one god.  What is this called?

• monotheism
• empire
• worship
• polytheism

What is a seven story temple built to honor their chief god?

• ziggurat
• city-state
• colony
• palace

What is wedge-shaped letters written on soft clay?    

• city-state
• scribes
• cuneiform
• ziggurat

What is the rich soil left over from flooding?

• artisan
• silt
• scribe
• irrigation

Laws that followed the idea of an “eye for an eye” is known as

• Code of Laws
• Code of Hammurabi
• Code of Samurai
• Code of Sargon

A scribe is a

• writer
• ruler
• worker
• farmer

What was an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government ?

• City-State
• Civilization
• Social Structure
• Ziggurat

Hammurabi was most know for

• His code of law

• Searching for eternal life

• Ruling for 56 years

• Cuneiform

Which invention allowed the Ancient Mesopotamians to travel farther and faster?

• Wheel
• Cuneiform
• Battering Ram
• Pottery Wheel

Mesopotamia is a Greek word that means...

• Land between two mountain

• land of fertility

• Fertile hippopotamus

• Land between two rivers