Mesopotamian History Quiz

The city of Nineveh had one of the first public what?

• Libraries

• Schools

• Theaters

• Markets

Name two important advances that the Sumerians developed with math, science, or technology.

• Sail and irrigation

• Wheel and plow

• Writing and pottery

• Astronomy and medicine

A long poem about the actions of a hero is called a(n) what?

• Sonnet

• Epic

• Ballad

• Ode

What is the name of the collection of Mesopotamian laws that was based on retaliation?

• Code of Ur-Nammu

• Hammurabi's Code

• Justinian Code

• Napoleonic Code

God sent the prophet who to the city of Nineveh to tell the Assyrians to repent?

• Moses

• Elijah

• Jonah

• Isaiah

What biblical account does the Epic of Gilgamesh recount?

• Creation

• Noah and the Flood

• Exodus

• David and Goliath

What word describes the wedge-shaped writing used by Mesopotamians?

• Hieroglyphics

• Cuneiform

• Sanskrit

• Latin