Mesopotamia

What was Mesopotamia also known as?

• The land above the river

• The land below the river

• The land of the gods

• The land between the rivers

What two rivers was Mesopotamia in between?

• Tigris River

• The Nile River

• The Amazon River

• Euphrates River

Who were the creators of the first Mesopotamian civilization?

• The Soninke people

• The Aryans

• The Sumerians

• The Norse

Was Mesopotamia polytheistic or monotheistic?

• Polytheistic

• Monotheistic

When was Mesopotamia created?

• 4000-6000 B.C

• 2000-3000B.C

• 2000-6000B.C

• 3000-6000B.C

What were Sumerian cities were surrounded by?

• Mountains

• Trees

• Walls

• Rivers

What type of government did Mesopotamia have

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Theocracy

What writing form did the Sumerians create

• Hieroglyphs

• Early Semitic alphabets

• Cuneiform

• The Alphabet

Phoenicians lived another group of Semitic-speaking people known as what?

• Israelites

• Jerusalem

• Jews

• Samaritans

When did King Solomon rule?

• 970-930B.C

• 1000-950B.C

• 600-300B.C

• 200-150B.C