6.11 & 6.12 Mesopotamian Culture & Hammurabi's Code

What was one way the Mesopotamian cultures expressed themselves through art?

• by creating large relief sculptures

• by making detailed sillk tapestries

• by writing religious plays

• by creating porcelain dolls

What significant invention derived from Mesopotamian astronomers?

• 12 month lunar calendar

• 16 month calendar

• an observatory

• a telescope

What is the best definition of a ziggurat?

• courthouse at the entrance of a city

• a talisman that protected its owner

• a bronze idol that was worshipped

• a pyramid-shaped structure made out of mud bricks

Which ancient civilization created the ziggurat?

• Euphrates

• Huang He

• Indus

• Nile

What form of writing was developed in Mesopotamia?

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics

• pictograph

• sanskrit

Which ancient civilization is most closely associated with a ziggurat?

• Egypt

• Mesopotamia

• Indus River Valley

• Yellow River Valley

How did the development of cuneiform writing impact the culture of Mesopotamia?

• made it more difficult to preserve ancient epics

• made it easier to gain political power

• made it easier to collect taxes

• made it more difficult to understand laws

What was the inspiration for the Epic of Gilgamesh?

• the 7th Akkadian king, who saved his people from the great flood

• the 5th King of Ur, who was so prolific that his subjects believed he had supernatural powers

• the Assyrian king, who overcame many adversities while sailing to Persia

Which mathematical achievement of Mesopotamian civilization had the most significant and long-lasting impact?

• A Akkadian scholars wrote treatises on pi.

• B Phoenician mathematicians invented algebra.

• C Assyrian scholars invented the abacus.

• D Babylonian mathematicians used a number system to the base 60.

What was Hammurabi's most significant contribution during his rule of Babylon?

• created the first set of written laws

• first to use gunpowder

• united Europe and the Middle East

• spread Christianity through Asia