Crash Course Mesopotamia Video Quiz

What does 'meso' mean?

• Between

• Among

• Above

• Sus

Early Mesopotamia used a form of proto-socialism. That means that crops were harvested, but into community storehouses and ______

• Given to the gods

• Kept for the elite, like kings

• Allowed to rot

• Distributed evenly to everyone

In the showdown between country and city, who wins?

• Iron Man

• Superman

• City

• Country

What was the name of the monumental temples in Uruk?

• Ziggurats

• Ziggy Stardust

• Temples

• Zebulons

What were the two main traits of Mesopotamian gods, and rivers?

• Watery and shallow

• Full of fish and plants

• Powerful and easy to work with

• Unpredictable and violent

What rival power structure arose in competition with the temples?

• The palace

• Chick-fil-a

• The president

• The market

How do we know so much about Mesopotamia?

• Painted pictures

• Artifacts

• Writing

• Mesopotamian reality TV shows

What is the name of Mesopotamian writing?

• Circularism

• Cuneiform

• Writing

• Klingon

Reading and writing (literacy) contributed to the rise of what?

• School

• Fanfiction

• Newspapers

• Class divides

Proto-socialism was replaced with a system where you could produce as much as you wanted and keep most of it as long as you gave a cut to the king in taxes. What was this system called?

• Private enterprise

• Private eyes

• Fair game

• Ziggurat