Mesopotamia Quiz

The worship of many gods.

• boys studied in Sumerian schools to become this

• polytheism

• a pyramid-like temple

• given to Moses by God

The _______ were the descendants of Heth.

Contrast Mesopotamian religious beliefs with biblical truth. Include at least three beliefs of each.

The Epic of Gilgamesh tells how Utnapishtim built a house.

• True

• False

The Mesopotamians were the first to recognize the concept of zero.

• True

• False

A wooden box discovered by Sir Leonard Woolley

• Mosaic Law

• ziggurat

• The Standard of Ur

• tablet-houses

Nineveh

• Jonah preached to the people here to turn from their evil ways

• used by God to punish His disobedient people

• wrote laws with no religious sections

• writings about Sumerian gods and military victories

Assyrians

• given by God to Moses

• used by God to punish His disobedient people

• the worship of many gods

• considered by Mesopotamians to be God's highest rep. on earth

Epics

• boys studied to become this

• Jonah preached here

• writings about Sumerian gods and military victories

• a pyramid-like temple

God judged the people of Nineveh when they returned to their ______ ways.