Mesopotamia Assessment Review

Why is Mesopotamia referred to as the fertile crescent?

• It has nutrient rich soil that is good for farming

• It has mines of gold

• It is shaped like a rectangle

• Their chief export is crescent rolls

Which word best describes the religion of Mesopotamia?

• Nativistic

• Monotheistic

• Polytheistic

• Abrahamic

How did Sumerian culture show their religious beliefs?

• They built Temples atop ziggurats.

• Priests chose wise men to rule during times of war.

• They created carts to travel and spread the word about their religion.

• Sumerians created strict rules with harsh consequences for the people of the city.

What was the form of writing invented by the people of Mesopotamia?

• Pictographs

• Cave paintings

• Cueniform

• Hieroglyphics

What invention helped farming the most?

• Wheel

• Compass

• Ziggurats

• Irrigation Canals

What does the word Mesopotamia mean

• Fertile

• Valley

• Land of farming

• Land between two rivers

Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?

• the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean

• the Tigris and the Persian Gulf

• the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates

• the Euphrates and the Tigris

Babylonian leader who created the first written code of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life

• Gilgamesh
• Sargon
• Hammurabi 
• Sumer

More food than as needed by a person.

• Trade

• Domestication

• Surplus

• Irrigation

Record keepers who often kept records for government officals

• irrigation
• nomads
• ziggurat
• scribes