Sumer and Mesopotamia

Sargon conquered all of the peoples of Mesopotamia, creating the world’s first empire that lasted more than 200 years.

• True
• False

The first large army to use iron weapons

• Assyrians

• Babylonians

• Nineveh

• Neo-Babylonians

A pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top

• ziggurat
• scribe
• pyramid
• Nineveh

Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life and applied to everyone?

• Gilgamesh

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Nineveh

What does this picture reveal about Sumerian city-states?

• They did not have a defense system.

• They enjoyed fishing from the river.

• They had a strong defense system.

• There was no way in or out of the city-state.

What was the oldest form of writing?

• Cuneiform

• Sanskrit

• Hieroglyphics

• Egyptian

This picture represents the division of labor. Which level in the social hierarchy would complete these jobs?

• King

• Priests

• Craftsmen

• Laborers

One long-term effect of building walls and moats around Sumerian city-states is that

• the city-states will not be able to easily expand as population increases.

• the city-states will not be able to trade with other city-states.

• the people will not be able to get in and out of the walls.

• the people will not be able to communicate with other city-states.

How did Sumerians control the water supply?

• By blocking the flow of the rivers to other villages

• By building levees, dams, and canals/irrigation ditches

• By building moats

• By carrying buckets of water from the rivers

Why was Ancient Mesopotamia considered a "River Valley" civilization?

• It was located near the Nile River

• It was located between the Yellow and Yangtze rivers

• It was located near the Jordan River

• It was located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers