Mesopotamia Quiz

What is the geographical location of Mesopotamia?

• Modern-day Iraq

• Modern-day Syria

• Modern-day Egypt

• Modern-day Iran

Which river(s) were important to the geography of Mesopotamia?

• Nile and Amazon

• Yangtze and Mississippi

• Ganges and Indus

• Tigris and Euphrates

What is the significance of Hammurabi's Code?

• Hammurabi's Code is one of the oldest known legal codes.

• Hammurabi's Code is a religious text.

• Hammurabi's Code is a collection of poems.

• Hammurabi's Code is a mathematical equation.

Who was the ruler associated with Hammurabi's Code?

• Hammurabi

• Alexander the Great

• Cyrus the Great

• Nebuchadnezzar

What were some of the laws included in Hammurabi's Code?

• Laws related to agriculture, hunting, and fishing.

• Laws related to education, healthcare, and religion.

• Laws related to transportation, communication, and technology.

• Laws related to property rights, trade, marriage, crime, theft, assault, slavery, and punishment.

Which of the following is a significant contribution of ancient Mesopotamia to modern society?

• Development of the internet

• Invention of the printing press

• Creation of the Code of Hammurabi

• Discovery of penicillin

Which civilization(s) existed in ancient Mesopotamia?

• Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians

• Egyptians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans

• Mayans, Aztecs, Incas, and Olmecs

• Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, and Mongols

What were the main occupations of the people in ancient Mesopotamia?

• hunting, fishing, and gathering

• farming, trading, and craftsmanship

• warfare, conquest, and colonization

• religious rituals, astrology, and divination

What were the major inventions of ancient Mesopotamia?

• Writing, wheel, irrigation systems, city-state

• Architecture, religion, art, slavery

• Sailing, metalworking, democracy, trade

• Agriculture, pottery, mathematics, monarchy

What were the social classes in ancient Mesopotamia?

• royal class, noble class, peasant class

• aristocratic class, merchant class, slave class

• elite class, working class, servant class

• upper class, middle class, lower class