Ancient Mesopotamia Quiz

Greek word for 'land between the rivers'

• Mesopotamia

• Cuneiform

• City-states

• Irrigation

Complex societies that have organized governments, religion, surplus of food, specialization of jobs, social structure, and writing

• calvalry

• Cuneiform

• County

• Civilization

A method developed in ancient Mesopotamia to bring water to crops

• sprinklers

• Cuneiform

• City-states

• Irrigation systems

Mesopotamia was separated into independent

• Mesopotamia

• Cuneiform

• City-states

• Irrigation

A form of writing developed by the people of Sumer

• Mesopotamia

• Cuneiform

• City-states

• Irrigation

Where did the first civilizations arise because of farming conditions?

• in the mountains

• in river valleys

• near the sea

• in the desert

A Sumerian temple built to honor their chief god was called a

• scribe

• Gilgamesh

• cradle

• Ziggurat

Although most Sumerians were farmers, many made things by hand out of metal, cloth, and pottery because they were skilled

• artisans

• slaves

• merchants

• priests

The economy in ancient Mesopotamia was based on all of the following except:

• trade

• physical labor/working to pay taxes and debts

• bartering one thing for another: like grain for wood

• getting paid an hourly wage for work

The calendar developed by the Sumerians was based on all of the following except:

• the number 60

• the Constellations

• The cycles of the moon

• 12 months, 30 days