Chapter 3: Mesopotamia Quiz 2

What sea was just to the south of Mesopotamia?

• Red Sea

• Persian Gulf

• Tigris River

• Mediterranean Sea

What is this an example of?

• Church

• Pyramid

• Ziggurat

• Temple

A system that was created to water crops and dry land

• silt

• irrigation

• plow

• surplus

What continent is Mesopotamia located on?

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

• Iraq

In Greek, Mesopotamia means?

• The land between 2 rivers

• The rivers between 2 lands

• The river that flows up and down

• Means wedges

Babylonian King who wrote 282 laws

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

• Ziggurat

• Cuneiform

• Nebuchadnezzar

King of Akkad who formed the first empire

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

• Ziggurat

• Cuneiform

• Nebuchadnezzar

Several regions controlled by one person

• Tokens

• Empire

• City-State

• Papyrus

a country made up of a city and the surrounding land

• Tokens

• Empire

• City-State

• Papyrus

development of different kinds of jobs

• polytheistic

• artisan

• specialization

• governmet