Mesopotamia Review

This picture shows an area known as the..

• Farming Curve
• Fertile Crescent
• Green C
• Fertile Curve

Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?

• the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean
• the Tigris and the Persian Gulf
• the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates
• the Euphrates and the Tigris

Which empire used iron weapons, horses soldiers, battering rams, and movable tower?

• Babylonians

• Assyrians

Which of the following were members of the upper class in Mesopotamia?

• Priests/landowners

• slaves

• merchants and traders

• scribes

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Cuneiform
• Hieroglyphs
• English
• Sargon

Babylonian leader who created the first written code of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life

• Gilgamesh
• Sargon
• Hammurabi 
• Sumer

The capital of Assyrian had a large _________ filled with clay tablets

• temple

• library

• museum

Which of the following is  NOT true of Hammurabi's code?

• It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.
• It was used by many later civilizations as a model
• It treated all people the same under the law.
• It was carved in stone.

Which of these are Sumerian inventions?

• Plow
• Wheel
• Sailboat
• All of them

A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a

• scribe.
• cradle.
• Gilgamesh.
• ziggurat.