Mesopotamian Civ Quiz

One reason for the development of an early civilization in the Tigris-Euphrates river valleys was that

• the location protected the people from land invasion 

• periodic flooding left rich soil, which was ideal for farming 

• these rivers provided a direct trade route between Europe and Asia 

• these rivers flowed into the Mediterranean Sea 

The ______ were the first to settle in Mesopotamia and establish a civilization.

• Akkadians

• Babylonians

• Assyrians

• Sumerians

The Mesopotamian Civilizations are associated with which river(s)?

• Indus and Ganges

• The Nile

• Yangtze and Yellow

• Tigris and Euphrates

What is one accurate statement about Mesopotamian religion?

• It did not go as in depth as nomadic religions

• The people in Mesopotamia did not take it very seriously

• They were polytheistic and believed in a very extensive afterlife

• They believed that they did not need to worry about a good life to prepare for an afterlife

What is the correct form of writing matched with its user that is considered the first writing system?

• Sumerians / hieroglyphics

• Sumerians / cuneiform 

• Babylonians/ cuneiform

• Akkadians/ hieroglyphics

All of the following are requirements of civilization EXCEPT

• Culture

• Coined Money

• Society (social classes)

• Political Organization

This is a picture of a stone tablet featuring the earliest known writing that was invented by the Sumerians. What feature of this writing identifies it as cuneiform?

• the wedge-shaped marks

• an excessive use of circular symbols

• a division of the tablet into precisely 4 segments

• an emphasis on aesthetics

When Sargon, the ruler of Akkad, invaded and conquered the neighboring city-states of Sumer, what did he create for the first time?

• a city-state

• a colony

• an empire

• a civilization

Hammurabi was best known for his _______. A set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire.

• Beard

• Code

• Consequences

• Sword

Who was Hammurabi? 

• Hammurabi was a God in Ancient Sumer

• Hammurabi was the King of Babylon

• Hammurabi was a warrior

• Hammurabi was a farmer in Mesopotamia