Mesopotamia Review

The geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers is called?

• Sumer
• Mesopotamia
• levee
• Iran

What is a complex society with religion, government, learning, division of labor, and a stable food supply?

• city-state
• colony
• civilization
• status

Mesopotamia is located in what is present day

• Russia
• Egypt
• Iran
• Iraq

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

What is wedge-shaped letters written on soft clay?    

• city-state
• scribes
• cuneiform
• ziggurat

Which is NOT a correct social class and its example found in Mesopotamia?

• Lower/ enslaved
   forced to work for others
• Middle/ artisans
  merchants
• Upper/priests,
  kings
• Lower/ farmer,
  fisherman

Who was the ruler of the Babylonians?

• Sargon
• Hammurabi

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

• monotheism
• empire
• worship
• polytheism

An official writer or record keeper

• Scribble
• Sumer
• Ziggurat
• Scribe

Which of the following was NOT a reason why civilizations settled near rivers?

• Fish for food

• Drinking water

• To wash their clothes and take a bath

• Transportation and trade routes