Mesopotamia Quiz

Mesopotamia means

• two rivers

• land between two rivers

• Middle East

• middle ground

Which two rivers are in Mesopotamia? (Choose TWO)

• Middle Eastern River

• Tigris River

• Mesopotamian River

• Euphrates River

In order for a civilization develop, humans must... (Choose TWO)

• domesticate animals

• have a surplus of food

• hunt and gather

• maintain a nomadic lifestyle

Type of pyramid like structures in Mesopotamia

• Kur

• Pyramid

• Ziggurat

• Zagros

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers empty into the

• Red Sea

• Persian Gulf

• Mediterranean Sea

• Black Sea

The Mesopotamian writing was called ......

• hangul

• Greek

• hieroglyphics

• cuneiform

The belief in many gods is called...

• agnostic

• monotheism

• polytheism

• atheism

What is a political unit consisting of an urban area and the surrounding rural countryside called?

• city-state
• stylus
• ziggurat
• empire

Who was Sargon?

• Akkadian emperor who defeated Sumer and built the world's first empire

• Akkadian emperor who invented the wheel for transportation

• Sumerian emperor who connected the city-states into one empire

• Babylonian emperor who was defeated by Sumer

Ur was an example of a _____ in Mesopotamia.

• village
• town
• city-state
• empire