Mesopotamia Quiz

Greek word for "land between two rivers"

• Mesopotamia

• cuneiform

• city-state

• irrigation

complex societies that have organized governments, culture, and writing are called

• cuneiform

• city-states

• civilizations

• Mesopotamia

Bringing water to crops is know as

• Mesopotamia

• levees

• ziggurats

• irrigation

has it's own government but is not part of any larger unit

• Mesopotamia

• city-state

• irrigation

• civilization

a form of writing developed by the people of Sumer

• irrigation

• cuneiform

• cursive

• sans scrit

Where did the first civilizations arise because of farming conditions

• in the mountians

• near the sea

• next to rivers, in river valleys

• in the desert

A Sumerian temple to honor the chief god of a city-state is called a

• ziggurat

• Gilgamesh

• scribe

• cradle

Although most Sumerians were farmers, many made metal, cloth, and pottery because they were skilled

• artisans

• merchants

• priets

• slaves

The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?

• artisans

• merchants

• scribes

• heads of the household

The calendar Sumerians developed was based on

• the number 60

• the cycles of the moon

• the Roman calender

• the geometry of the wheel