Quiz on Sumerians and Babylonians

Sumerians are the first civilization to have arisen in Africa

• True

• False

Mesopotamia is located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

• True

• False

Sumerians were the first group of people to become civilized.

• True

• False

Sumerians were polytheist.

Sumerians invented the fire and wheel.

They distinguished three social classes.

Match columns

Identify Mesopotamia on this map. Color it green. (2 points)

Where was the city of Babylon founded?

• On the Nile River

• On the coast of the Mediterranean Sea

• On the Euphrates River

What is the Babylonian king Hammurabi famous for?

• For creating the first code of laws

• For predicting thunders

• For writing poems