Mesopotamia

What are the rivers that gave Mesopotamia its name?

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Tigris and Nile

• Indus and Nile

• Nile and Euphrates

What would canal irrigation help to do?

• Stop low water levels

• Control the river flow

• Help ships sail down the rivers

• Make sure there is no surplus

What did Priests do in Sumerian society?

• Made all government decisions

• Created the laws and punishments for the society

• They served as the Emperor of the Civilization

• Served as a link between the people and the gods

What did city-states do to gain more farmland?

• Traded goods like gold and silver

• The King decided how much farmland they got

• They fought each other

• The gods gave them their farmalnd

What did Sargon do?

• Wrote the first set of laws

• Established the world's first empire

• Made the hanging gardens

• took over the Hittites

What is cuneiform?

• A writing using wedge-shaped symbols

• A writing that was made using pictures

• A writing use only for making epics

• A writing used only for making songs

How were ziggurats built to honor the gods?

• They were small - only big enough for a king

• They were outside of the city-state for privacy

• They were tall

• No one was ever allowed in them

Iron Weapons and chariots were used by what group of people?

• Hittites and Assyrians

• Babylon and Hittites

• Chaldeans and Bablyon

• Assyrians and Phoenicians

What made writing easier for the Phoenicians?

• They invented cunneiform

• Trading with many different cities

• Using their king as a translator and writer

• The invention of the alphabet

Which of these is NOT an achievement of the Phoenicans?

• Hanging Gardens

• Alphabet

• Purple Farbic

• Being expert sailors