Ancient Mesopotamia Review

In Ancient times, Mesopotamia was the area located between which two rivers, SELECT BOTH

• Tigris River

• Nile River

• Ohio River

• Euphrates River

Which of the following problems was last to happen to the Mesopotamians?

• Building and maintaining irrigation systems

• An uncontrolled water supply

• Attacks by neighboring communities

• Food Shortages

For what is Hammurabi best remembered?

• A code of laws

• A style of battle

• A hanging garden

• A canal system

What development caused food shortages in the zagros foothills?

• overuse in the soil

• a change in climate

• overpopulation

• fighting between villages

Which of these did the Akkadians use to gain power over Sumer?

• Military Strategy

• Economic Wealth

• Religious Teachings

• Complex Technology

Which empire gave rights to both women and slaves?

• Akkadian

• Babylonian

• Assyrian

• Neo-Babylonian

What solution did people in the Zagros foothills find to fix the problem of food shortages?

• building terraces

• moving to the south

• constructing resevoirs

• joining villages together

The Akkadians used steles to

• Attack enemy forces

• Get water for farming

• Record important events

• Make objects from metal

What did Sumerians use to produce Cuneiform?

• poles pulled by oxen

• a wedge shaped stylus

• a net roven from reeds

• feathers from large birds

The name of Mesopotamia comes from its location which means

• in mountain foothills

• near a region of many conflicts

• at the site of earliest cities

• between two rivers