Mesopotamia TCAP Review

Which two rivers are found in Mesopotamia?

• Nile and Euphrates

• Nile and YangtzeTigris and Yangtze

• Tigris and Yangtze

• Tigris and Euphrates

Why did Mesopotamian farmers rely on annual flooding?

• The floods left behind silt that helped crops grow.

• The floods left behind gold used for making money.

• Flooding made it easier to travel upstream.

• Flooding made it easier to transport goods.

How did irrigation impact civilizations in Mesopotamia?

• Priests performed more ceremonies.

• Artisans developed new types of pottery.

• Farmers grew a surplus of crops.

• Ranchers raised more livestock.

Early Mesopotamians believed in

• animal-worship

• a single God

• many Gods

• ancestor-worship

What is a ziggurat?a place to store grain

• a place to store graina school

• a school

• a government building

• a temple

What is cuneiform?

• the Sumerian system of writing

• a type of Sumerian building

• the Sumerian system of money

• a type of Sumerian story

The Sumerians were the first people to __________.

• use the wheel

• raise domesticated horses

• calculate the distance from the sun

• make clay pottery

Who was Hammurabi?

• a Syrian prince

• a Sumerian emperor

• a Babylonian king

• a Mesopotamian priest

How did the Code of Hammurabi differ from earlier Sumerian laws?

• It was much stricter.

• It only protected wealthy people.

• It included a list of punishments.

• It only protected middle-class people.

Why is the Code of Hammurabi considered important?

• It was the first code of laws ever made.

• It inspired codes of law in other civilizations.

• It led to the expansion of the Babylon.

• It caused the collapse of Sumer.