Chapter 4: Mesopotamia

Which modern day country did Mesopotamia exist in?

• Asia

• Iraq

• Africa

• Egypt

This epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia is considered to be the earliest surviving piece of literature.

• The Canterbury Tales

• Don Quixote

• The Epic of Gilgamesh

• Theogony

Why was Mesopotamia known as the "fertile crescent?"

Based on its name, what do you know about Mesopotamia?

• it is located in mountain foothills

• it is located between to oceans

• it was home for a large population

• it is located between two rivers

The Fertile Crescent contains the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, known as Mesopotamia.

The lowest class in all four Mesopotamian empires were the

• kings

• priests

• slaves

• farmers

The first major civilization in Mesopotamia was:

• Sumer

• Babylon

• Hammurabi

• Phoenicia

Mesopotamian farmers built

• ziggurats

• canals

• chariots

• surplus

Which king of Mesopotamia instituted a code of laws for his people to live by?

• Gilgamesh

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Sargon

Mesopotamia lies between what two rivers?

• Nile and Euphrates

• Euphrates and Tigris

• Tigris and Nile

• Caspian and Nile