Mesopotamia Pre-quiz

Mesopotamia was located in this modern country.

• Iran

• Iraq

• Egypt

• India

Mesopotamia means....

• Land between the mountains

• Land of the Middle East

• Land between the rivers

• Land of southwest Asia

Two rivers important to the Mesopotamian civilization.

• Tigris River

• Euphrates River

• Nile River

• Indus River

Which king was known for his laws?

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Hammurabi

• Gilgamesh

• Sargon

The Mesopotamian writing was called ......

• hangul

• Greek

• hieroglyphics

• cuneiform

Ziggurats were....

• government buildings

• temples

• name for their social pyramid

• pyramids

The belief in many gods is called...

• agnostic

• monotheism

• polytheism

• atheism

What does patriarchal mean?

• a society where the men are in charge

• a society where the women are in charge

• a society where no one is in charge

• a society where the gods are in charge

King who had the Hanging Gardens of Babylon built.

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Zipporah

The name of the oldest written story ever discovered.

• Epic of Gilgamesh

• The Torah

• Temple of Marduk

• The Babylonian Exile