Mesopotamia Final Quiz

A large arc of rich, or fertile, farmland

• Hammurabi

• Fertile Crescent

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Gilgamesh

A Babylonian king who was the first to establish a code of laws

• Ziggurats

• Cuneiform

• Fertile Crescent

• Hammurabi

The two great rivers of Mesopotamia

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Nile and Amazon

• Snake and Portneuf

• Tigris and Kung Fu Panda

An ancient king about whom many superhero stories were written

• Sargon

• Humbaba

• Hammurabi

• Gilgamesh

"Wedge-shaped" Mesopotamian writing

• Latin

• English

• Cuneiform

• Phoenician alphabet

Temples in Mesopotamia used for religious purposes

• ziggurats

• temples

• city-states

• The Assyrians

The ancient Mesopotamians were polytheistic, which means....

• ...they believed in only one god.

• ....they believed in many different gods.

• ...they did not have any religious beliefs.

• ...they loved to wear purple clothing.

The period of time when humans began to melt and craft metals for use in toolmaking

• The Stone Age

• Ancient Civilizations

• The Age of Metals

• Prehistory

Which statement is TRUE about Hammurabi's code?

• The laws did not apply to slaves.

• An "eye for an eye" did not apply in Hammurabi's time.

• The punishments for crimes were always fair and not harsh

• Women and men were NOT treated equally under the law.

Which of the following was NOT a civilization that existed in the region of Mesopotamia?

• Phoenicians

• Egyptians

• Akkadians

• Sumerians