Ancient Mesopotamia Quiz

Ancient Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ...

• Fertile Crescent

• The Holy Grail

• Garden of Eden

• Mr. Houston's Garden

What 3 major civilizations occupied the Fertile Crescent during Ancient Mesopotamia?

• Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians

• Chinese and Japanese and British

• Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians

• Egyptians, Africans, and Spanish

Ancient Mesopotamia was located between what two rivers?

• Mississippi and Rock

• Missouri and Wisconsin

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Nile and Amazon

What was the Mandate of Heaven?

• A period in which a new emperor will take control over the government due to a period of rebellion or loss

• A period in China in which everyone practices Buddhism

• A period in which China was prosperous and emperors strengthened their power

• A period in China in which the entire country stops eating meat

What is Egyptian writing called?

• cuneiform

• Hieroglyphic

• characters

• Sanskrit

What were the Pyramids?

• temples to the gods

• tombs for the pharaohs

• prisons

• tombs for nobles

Which body of water does the Nile flow into?

• Pacific Ocean

• Mediterranean Sea

• Indian Ocean

• Red Sea

Despite its severity, _______ reinforced the idea that government had a responsibility for what occurred in society.

• Mesopotamia

• Mandate of Heaven

• Hammurabi's Code

• Polytheism

The _______ were built to house the pharaohs' bodies, because their spirits were believed to rule even after death.

• Pyramids

• Empire

• Citadel

• Temple

Evidence exists that there was movement of goods and ideas between which two regions?

• China and the Indus Valley

• Mesopotamia and Egypt

• South America and Egypt

• Greenland and the Indus Valley