Mesopotamia Review

Mesopotamia is located between which two rivers?

• Tigris and Nile

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Euphrates and Amazon

• Tigris and Amazon

Mesopotamia was also called ___________________.

• The Fertile Moon

• Ziggurat

• The Land of Life

• The Fertile Crescent

The area of the Fertile Crescent was good for ______________.

• growing crops

• making pottery

• building temples

What weapon did the Assyrians invent?

• cannon

• shotgun

• battering ram

• bow and arrow

Who was the Babylonian king who created a set of 282 written laws for everyone to follow?

• David

• Abraham

• Moses

• Hammurabi

Hammurabi's code is based on which idea?

• The punishment should match the crime

• Wealthy people should get less punishment

• Women are better than men

In Judaism, Moses was considered a ______________ because he received the 10 commandments directly from God.

• profit

• prophet

• scribe

• empire

What is the type of writing made of lines and wedges that ancient scribes carved into clay tablets?

• scribe

• cuneiform

• Phoenician

• Babylon

What is the word for believing in one God?

• polytheism

• monotheism

What is the word for believing in many Gods?

• polytheism

• monotheism