Mesopotamia Test Review

Long narrative poem recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero

• City State

• Epic

• Polytheism

  Belief in multiple gods

• Polytheism

• Cuneiform

• Ziggurat

A city with its own government and political independence

• Continent

• Empire

• City-State

Writing that uses wedge-shaped characters

• Cuneiform

• Pictographs

• Alphabet

Large building with a temple at its peak where the gods live

• Temple

• Ziggurat

• Pyramid

The application of controlled amounts of water to plants

• Plow

• Wheel

• Irrigation

The name of Mesopotamia comes from its location, which was

• between two rivers

• in the moutains

• near a region of conflict

A society has a stable food supply if

• it gives food to the king

• it has a surplus of food for its people.

• it gets food from hunting

Using natural resources found in the environment, Sumerians built strong walls with

• rocks shaped as squares

• bricks made of mud

• limestone

Sumerians first used the wheel to make

• Carts and Chariots

• Plows

• Music