Mesopotamia

What does the word "Mesopotamia" mean in the Greek language?

• first civilization
• new stone age
• people from the south
• land between the rivers

When each city has its own king, its own government, its own army, its own way of doing things.

• ziggurat
• city-state
• civilization
• empire

What was the written language of Mesopotamia called?

• ziggurat
• scribe
• hieroglyphics
• cuneiform

Religious temples that look like pyramids but the sides look like stair steps.

• ziggurat
• artisan
• cuneiform
• hieroglyphic

These were people who learned how to write and got jobs keeping records.

• scribes
• akkadians
• sumerians
• artisans

Which of these was NOT one of the inventions created by the Sumerians?

• axe
• plow
• sailboat
• wheel

TRUE or FALSE.  Sumerians created a 12 month calendar by looking at the stars and planets.

• True
• False

People from northern Mesopotamia who defeated the Sumerians... what were they called?

• Akkadians
• Assyrians
• Sumerians
• Babylonians

What was the name of the first great city?

• Jericho
• Assyria
• Sumer
• Babylon

Who created the first empire?

• Assyria
• Hammurabi
• Sargon
• Sumer