Ancient Mesopotamia Quiz

What does the name Mesopotamia mean?

• Land of the Gods

• Land of the Rivers

• Land of the Mountains

• Land of the Sun

Which two rivers define the geographical area of Mesopotamia?

• Danube and Rhine

• Nile and Amazon

• Ganges and Brahmaputra

• Tigris and Euphrates

What was the name of the chief god of the Mesopotamian pantheon?

• Enlil

• Marduk

• Ishtar

• Enki

What was the first true city of the Mesopotamian area?

• Ur

• Nippur

• Uruk

• Lagash

What was the title given to the military leaders during the small-scale wars in Mesopotamia?

• Sultans

• Emperors

• Lugals

• Pharaohs

Which city was the home of the god of the moon and wisdom?

• Uruk

• Lagash

• Nippur

• Ur

Who established the Third Dynasty of Uruk?

• Enlil

• Eannatum

• Lugalzagesi

• Gilgamesh

What was the reason for the territorial expansion and centralization in Mesopotamia in the later 3rd millennium BC?

• To spread their religion

• To find new sources of water

• To emulate the power and wealth of the Old Kingdom of Egypt

• To establish trade routes

Which city was the capital of the first true Empire in history?

• Ur

• Uruk

• Nippur

• Lagash

What was the name of the period from 2,900 to around 2,350 BC in Mesopotamia?

• Early Dynastic Period

• Akkadian period

• Ubaid period

• Sumerian period