Ancient Mesopotamia Review Quiz

The Neolithic Revolution first occurred in

• Ancient Egypt

• Ancient Mesopotamia

• Ancient Kush

• United States

The Tigris and Euphrates were

• Towns in Ancient Egypt

• Palaces in Mesopotamia

• Rivers in Egypt

• Rivers in Europe

A ziggurat is

• Temple-like building whose purpose is for government purpose

• Palace-like structure whose purpose is for religious purposes

• Pyramid-like building

  whose stories(floors) move in

  as building progresses

  upward

• Pyramid-like structure whose side stay consistently straight as it comes to a point at the top (like the Pyramid of Giza)

Belief that gods/spirits

are embedded in and

control nature

• Animalism

• Godism

• Animism

• Spiritism

The front of a building

• Facade

• Froncade

• Bacade

• Blacade

What did all Votive Offerings all have in common in Ancient Mesopotamia?

• The same size

• Created for the same God

• All made of the same stone

• All had creepy eyes and praying hands

Hierarchy of Scale means

• The smaller the Votive Offering the more important the person

• The larger the Votive Offering the more important the person

• Size doesn't matter when it comes to Votive Offerings

• Votive Offerings are not important in Ancient Mesopotamia

What is this work called from Ancient Mesopotamia.

*HINT: It has War and Peace sides

• The Standard of the Ziggurat

• The Standard of Animism

• The Standard of Ra

• The Standard of Ur

The Code of Hammurabi has 2 sides. They are...

• Left Shamash the Sun God and Right Hammurabi (Babylonian King)

• Left Ziggurat and Right Cuneiform

• Left Hammurabi (Babylonian king) and Right Shamash (Sun God)

• Left Cuneiform and Right Ziggurat

A wedge-shaped system of writing created by the Sumerians is called

• Cuneiform

• Rosetta Stone

• Babel

• Papyrus