Meso

The plain between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers was called _____________.

• Egypt
• Indus Valley
• Mesopotamia
• Nile Valley

In Sumer, city-states were self-governing. What does self-governing mean?

• It means that the city-states were governed by an external power
• It means that the city-states were governed by a single ruler
• It means that the city-states were governed by a council of elders
• It means that the city-states were governed by their own inhabitants

The Sumerians invented a form of writing called ____________.

• Hieroglyphics
• Cuneiform
• Alphabet
• Pictographs

The Sumerians created an heroic poem called __________.

• The Odyssey
• The Iliad
• Beowulf
• The Epic of Gilgamesh

Who formed a code of laws that later influenced the laws of the Greeks and Romans?

• Alexander the Great
• Julius Caesar
• Hammurabi
• Napoleon Bonaparte

Who built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?

• Alexander the Great
• Nebuchadnezzar II
• Julius Caesar
• Cleopatra

Supplying water to the land

• channels

• irrigation

• sprinkler systems

• dams

Believing in more than one god

• monotheism

• hinduism

• polytheism

• shintoism

What is this?

• Church

• Pyramid

• Ziggurat

• Temple

Who were members of the upper class?

• Artisans

• Kings and priests

• Merchants and traders

• Scribes