Mesopotamia / Egypt

Which two rivers flowed around Mesopotamia?

• Tigris and Euphrates
• Nile and Yellow
• Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf
• Yellow and Yangtze

Who established the very first code of laws?

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

• Gilgamesh

• Cyrus the Great

What was the name of the first writing method?

• Hammurabi

• hieroglyphics

• ziggurat

• Cuneiform

What happened first?

• Sargon unites Mesopotamia

• Hammurabi rules Babylon

• Egyptians create heiroglyphics

• Sumerian priests create cuneiform

Why did Mesopotamians create irrigation systems? (2 correct answers)

• To create protection against enemies

• To supply water to crops and create a surplus

• To protect against flooding

• To create trade

What is a city-state?

• A government that has no ruler

• An independent state and its surrounding territories

• A government led by the people

• A group that works with one another

The alphabet was developed by which civilization?

• Assyrians

• Egyptians

• Sumerians

• Phoenicians

Hieroglyphics were developed by which civilization?

• Assyrians

• Egyptians

• Sumerians

• Phoenicians

Egyptians built pyramids for _____ .

• storage of food

• safety from others

• tombs for pharaohs

• living space for pharaohs

Egyptians focused their life around _____ .

• worshipping one god

• painting and sculpting

• preparing for the afterlife