Mesopotamia

Hammurabi's Code was a system of laws that helped

• bring equality to social classes.
• increase the strength of the military.
• maintain order and unity in the region.
• build irrigation throughout the region.

Which two rivers does Mesopotamia lie between?

• Tigris and Euphrates
• Euphrates and Tiber
• Yangtze and Huang He
• Tiber and Nile

Sargon maintained order and supervised his regions by...

• traveling with his armies and demanding food and support.
• building walls and moats around the Akkadian empire.
• controlling the Mediterranean Sea and North African sea lanes.
• writing his commandments and laws throughout Mesopotamia.

Which of the following is a similarity between the Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians?

• Reliance on a bureaucracy of officials to administer the land
• Use of iron technology
• Organization as city-states
• Development of democratic practices that represented all males

All of the following were reasons why the Sumerian city-states were vulnerable to attack EXCEPT -- 

• Mesopotamia is a flat land with few natural barriers.
• They were divided and involved in constant warfare.
• Wealth in the cities attracted invaders.
• They relied on monarchs with absolute authority to bring order to the entire region.

Which empire controlled the most land in Mesopotamia?

• Sumerians
• Akkadians
• Babylonians
• Assyrians

What does Mesopotamia mean?

• The land between to lakes

• The land between two rivers

• The first recorded society

• Babylon in Sumerian language

Who invented the first system of writing?

• Hammurabi

• ancient Sumerians

• Gilgamesh

• the ancient Ziggurats

Mesopotamian code of law was also called....

Match the following

• A city that is an independent nation

• Polytheism

• Rulers were appointed by gods

• Monotheism

• A religion that believes in one god

• Theocracy

• Kings or Queens that pass power down to their children

• City-State

• A religion that believes in many gods

• Monarchy