Mesopotamia Quiz

What was the first culture in Mesopotamia?

• Sumerians

• Akkadians

• Assyrians

• Babylonians

This region is located in the Middle East, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, and is known for its rich soil and silt deposits.

This type of writing was invented by the Sumerians and involves wedge shapes and lines that are written with a stylus on a clay tablet.

Mesopotamia means "______________"

• Big Rivers

• Land between two rivers

• Middle Rivers

• Land between fertile Rivers

What did farmers build in Mesopotamia to control floods?

• Dams

• Channels

• Ditches

• All of the above

The earliest piece of literature every written is known as "_______________"

• Enuma Elish

• Mahabharata

• Epic of Gilgamesh

• Odyssey

Gilgamesh was the king of __________.

• Uruk

• Ur

• Eridu

• Lagash

In the center of each city was a ___________.

• Pyramid

• Citadel

• Obelisk

• Ziggurat

A belief in more than one god.

Which was a Sumerian invention?

• Wagon wheel

• Sailboat

• Plow

• All of the above