Mesopotamia Review

What does Mesopotamia mean?

• between land

• area between rivers

• middle of the world

• desert land

Mesopotamia was between which 2 rivers?

• Nile

• Euphrates

• Tigris

• Themes

Mesopotamia was the first...

• country

• state

• city

• civilization

Who were the first people to live in Mesopotamia?

• Akkaidians

• Sumerians

• Babylonians

• Egyptians

Which of the following is something that was invented in Mesopotamia?

• telegrams

• electricity

• the wheel

• hammers

What was the first Empire to exist in Mesopotamia?

• Akkadians

• Sumerians

• Egyptians

• Babylonians

What is cuneiform?

• a way of farming

• the written language invented in Mesopotamia

• a way of bringing water to dry land

• a social class system

Who was the emperor of the Babylonian empire?

• Hammurabi

• Sargon the Great

• Ivan the Terrible

• King George

What is the land where Mesopotamia is located refered to as?

• The holy land

• The desert

• The Fertile Crescent

• The North Pole

What does it mean for soil or land to be fertile?

• nothing grows there

• lots of people live there

• animals live there

• many things can grow there