Mesopotamia Quiz

What is a key factor in the growth of a civilization?

• Decline in population

• Growth of population and trade

• Isolation from other cultures

• Decrease in agricultural production

What is the name of the first known piece of literature from Mesopotamia?

• The Iliad

• The Odyssey

• The Epic of Gilgamesh

• The Aeneid

Which group was one of the most powerful traders along the Mediterranean Sea around 1100 BCE?

• Phoenicians

• Egyptians

• Greeks

• Romans

The shift to the use of which metal happened around 1000 BCE and allowed groups like the Hittites to dominate Asia Minor?

• Iron

• Bronze

• Gold

• Silver

What was the most famous pyramid built for Pharaoh Khufu?

• The Great Sphinx

• The Great Pyramid at Giza

• The Step Pyramid

• The Bent Pyramid

What was the world's first organized government where power is shared from the leader to a board of officials?

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Bureaucracy

• Oligarchy

What type of government did Egypt have where religion and government were one and the same?

• Theocracy

• Democracy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

What was the time period of the Old Kingdom in ancient Egypt?

• From 3000 BCE to 2500 BCE

• From 2660 BCE to 2180 BCE

• From 2000 BCE to 1500 BCE

• From 1500 BCE to 1000 BCE

What was the time period of the New Kingdom in ancient Egypt?

• 2080 BCE to 1640 BCE

• 1570 BCE to 1075 BCE

• 727 BCE to 30 BCE

• 525 BCE to 305 BCE

What did the ancient Egyptians use to set bones?

• Surgery

• Splints

• Bandages

• Casts