Unit 3 Mesopotamia FAC

Mesopotamia means the land between two rivers. Name the two rivers.

• The Nile and the Amazon

• The Tigris and the Euphrates

• The Snake and the Colorado

• The Pol and the Yangtze.

Which of the following is NOT true of Hammurabi's laws?

• It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.

• It was used by many later civilizations as a model

• The laws are written in stone.

• It treated all people the same under the law.

Which of these are Mesopotamian inventions?

• The wheel

• The plow

• Writing

• All of them

What is the name of the large constructions built during the Mesopotamian time period? The Hanging Tower of Babbel is thought to be one of these.

• Pyramid

• Ziggurat

• Obelisk

• Post and Lintel construction

What does GRAPES stand for?

• Geography, Religion, Art, Politics, Economy, and Society
• Geography, Religion, Achievements, Politics, Economics, and Social Structure
• Government, Religion, Art, People, Economy, and Society
• Geography, Religion, Achievements, Politics, Economics, and Social Studies

The few Mesopotamians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?

• Artisans

• Merchants

• Scribes

• Priests

What was the main religion of the Mesopotamians?

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Christianity

• Judiasm

Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops is also known as

• irrigation

• architecture

• fishing

• cuneiform

Who held the highest levels of Mesopotamian society?

• Scribes

• Fishermen and Merchants

• Priests and Rulers

• Artists

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Ziggurat

• Stele

• Heiroglyphs

• Cuneiform