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 (a)   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 (a)   ways.