Ancient Mesopotamia Review #2

What 2 materials were early houses made of?

• Lumber and drywall

• Pottery and weaving

• Dried mud brick and wood

• Dried animal skins and bone

What were the names of the two rivers that Ancient Mesopotamia was located between?

• Nile and Amazon

• Yangtze and Yellow

• Mississippi and Ohio

• Tigris and Euphrates

Why was cuneiform important to Sumerians?

• Allowed them to write notes to each other

• Allowed them to keep records of business deals

• It was the first written language in history

• It used wedge-shaped symbols to communicate

What kind of weapons did the Assyrians use to conquer the Fertile Crescent?

• Iron swords and iron-tipped spears

• Bows & arrows

• Copper armor and wood shields

• Sticks and stones

Who was the leader of the Assyrian empire when it reached its height?

• Hammurabi

• Ashurbanipal

• Nebuchanezzar

• Xerxes

What did Nebuchadnezzar build for his wife?

• Royal Road

• Royal Blue walls of Babylon

• Hanging Gardens of Babylon

• Code of Law

Sargon the Great was best known for leading which ancient civilization?

• Egypt

• Gupta

• Akkad

• Kush

How did polytheism impact the way most Mesopotamians viewed the world?

• They believed that individual gods controlled different aspects of life.

• They believed that religion did not influence government.

• They believed that one god controlled the government.

• They believed that religion did NOT impact daily life.

The Fertile Crescent is home to which rivers? Select two that apply.

• Ganges

• Yellow

• Euphrates

• Nile

• Tigris

Which technological development contributed to the creation of food surpluses in the ancient world?

• metallurgy

• religion

• writing

• irrigation