Midterm River Valley Review

What does Mesopotamia mean?

• the land between the two rivers

• the land between the two mountains

• the green land

• the red land

What are the names of the two rivers in Mesopotamia?

• Indus and Nile

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Tigris and Nile

• Nile and Euphrates

The most common job in Mesopotamian society was

• priest

• farmer

• king

• merchant

The Indus River Valley Civilization was located on what river?

• Nile

• Indus

• Huang He

• Ganges

Religious practices in Mesopotamia were

• Polytheistic

• Monotheistic

• Nonthesistic

What was the writing system of the Mesopotamians, first created by the Sumerians?

• Linear Script A

• Hieroglyphs

• Cuneiform

• Cursive

Ziggurats were

• Tombs for Mesopotamian kings

• Baths for the public

• Temples for worship and grain storage

• Palaces for the elite

Which of the following were advancements of the Mesopotamians

• writing, wheel, plow, and sail

• writing, silk, planned cities

• silk, pyramids, and astronomy

• writing, wheel, and pyramids

Which were cities in the Tigris and Euphrates river valley

• Sumer and Ur

• Sumer and Memphis

• Ur and Anyang

• Thebes and Luxor

Which were cities in the Indus River Valley?

• Sumer and Ur

• Memphis and Luxor

• Mohenjo Daro and Harappa

• Babylon and Susa