Mesopotamia Sumer 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

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 group of people who have a complex society, an organized government, art, religion, class division, and a writing system?

• Domestication 
• Organization 
• Agriculture 
• Civilization 

This was one of the first civilizations and means "land between rivers."

• Mesopotamia 
• Sumer
• Fertile Crescent
• Iraq 

These are independent states and the surrounding area of land and villages...

• Organizations 
• Irrigation
• City-State
• Civilizations 

The concept of praying to a spirit or a God for a better harvest is not a new tradition. When praying to multiple gods for different blessings, what is that called?

• Atheism

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Deism

A step pyramid shaped building in Mesopotamia

• Sphnix

• Pyramid of Giza

• Ziggurat

• Cuneiform