Mesopotamia

Mesopotamians believed in ___________ which is the worship of many gods.

• monotheism

• ziggurat

• polytheism

• none

Which two rivers helped Mesopotamia develop into a civilization? Check the two that apply.

• Tigris River

• Nile River

• Mississippi River

• Euphrates River

 

A way of supplying water to the land to water the crops.

• rural

• labor

• irrigation

• none

Sumerians invented this type of writing

• epics

• pictographs

• hyroglyphics

• cuniform

Why did Mesopotamians build canals

• To control flooding

• to control the crops surplus

• to honor their gods

• to keep their animals contained

Today, Mesopotamia is known as which country?

• Iraq

• China

• Italy

• England

Mesopotamia is a Greek word that means

• They believed in many gods

• The land between two rivers

• Priests were religious leaders

• flower

The most important building in the Sumerian city-states

• King's Palace

• farming land

• canal

• ziggurat

Sumerians used __________ to build ________ to protect their cities.

• sticks, houses

• bricks, houses

• wood, canals

• mud bricks, giant walls

What king developed the first set of laws for citizens to follow?

• Tigris

• Sumer

• Hammurabi

• Caesar