Mesopotamia and Major Religions

The MAIN advantage cuneiform brought to the Mesopotamian civilization was .......?

• It permitted marriage registration.

• It provided new ways to share technology.

• It allowed laws to be written.

• It supported a system for tax records.

Based on the law below, which conclusion is most accurate?

If a man has knocked out the teeth of a man of the same rank, his own teeth shall be knocked out. If he has knocked out the teeth of a plebian (commoner or poor person) he shall only pay one-third of a piece of silver.

• All men were treated equally by the laws.

• Violence was always punished with violence.

• Fines were used as punishment in extreme cases.

• The laws were applied differently among the social classes.

What geographical features most likely provided fertile land that gave rise to multiple city-states in the Mesopotamia region?

• Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert

• Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea

• Tigris River and Euphrates River

• Black Sea and the Nile River

Which class of Sumerians held positions just under the king in society?

• artisans

• scribes

• merchants

• priests

Which of the following epics is the world's oldest known story?

• Epic of Gilgamesh

• The Odyssey

• The Iliad

• Mahabharata

Which of these groups were the bottom of the social hierarchy in Mesopotamia?

• scribes

• priests

• merchants and artisans

• slaves

Which of the following best explains why Mesopotamians were polytheistic?

• They believed in one God.

• They used the plow for agriculture.

• They believed in an afterlife.

• They believed in many gods.

This timeline shows when different kingdoms began. Use the timeline to answer the question: Gilgamesh is an ancient tale written on clay tablets that tells about the life of an important king who ruled around 2500 B.C. Based on the timeline, which region did he rule?

• Shang Dynasty

• Mycenanaen Empire

• Mesopotamian city-states

• Roman Republic

The Indus civilization lasted from 2500 to 1700 BC. Which civilization is older than the Indus civilization?

• Shang Dynasty

• Mesopotamia city-states

• Roman Republic

• Mycenaean Empire

Which civilization invented cuneiform writing such as the tablet seen here?

• Paleolithic

• Egyptian

• Incan

• Mesopotamian