Mesopotamia

Which is the correct order of states in Mesopotamia?

• Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, Assyrians
• Babylonians, Hittites, Assyrians, Sumerians
• Akkadians, Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians
• Sumerians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Akkadians

Hammurabi's Code was a system of laws that helped

• bring equality to social classes.
• increase the strength of the military.
• maintain order and unity in the region.
• build irrigation throughout the region.

Which two rivers does Mesopotamia lie between?

• Tigris and Euphrates
• Euphrates and Tiber
• Yangtze and Huang He
• Tiber and Nile

Ziggurats were built to-

• bury dead pharoahs.
• Worship gods.
• buy and sell commodities.
• stage outdoor plays.

What is the difference between Prehistoric society and Mesopotamian society?

• Prehistoric people were hunter gatherers, Mesopotamian people were farmers.

• Prehistoric people did not leave written history, Mesopotamian people left extensive writings.

• Prehistoric people made artwork primarily about animals, Mesopotamian people made art about many subjects.

• Prehistoric people were nomads, Mesopotamian people built cities and lived in them.

• All of these

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.

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

All of these people are considered Mesopotamians except:

• Egyptians

• Akaadians

• Sumererians

• Babalonians