Topic 2-Mesopotamia

The word Mesopotamia means...

• A hot mess

• Land between the rivers

• Farming

• An advanced group of people

This picture shows an area known as the..

• Farming Curve
• Fertile Crescent
• Green C
• Fertile Curve

Skilled workers who made metal, cloth, or pottery products were called

• Priests
• Artisans 
• Scribes
• Heros

Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?

• Gilgamesh
• Hammarabui
• Nineveh
• Sargon

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Cuneiform
• Hieroglyphs
• English
• Sargon

Which of the following were members of the upper class?

• kings and head priests

• artisans

• merchants and traders

• scribes

When the Akkadians under Sargon conquered the city-states of Sumer, they created the first

• empire
• huge city-state
• nation
• democracy

Which of the following is NOT true of Hammurabi's code?

• It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.

• It was used by many later civilizations as a model

• It treated all people from all social classes the same under the law.

• It was carved in stone.

A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a

• scribe.
• cradle.
• Gilgamesh.
• ziggurat.

The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?

• artisans
• scribes
• heads of households
• merchants