Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia means the land between two rivers. Name the two rivers.

• The Nile and the Amazon

• The Tigris and the Euphrates

• The Snake and the Colorado

• The Pol and the Yangtze.

Who is featured here atop the stele of laws that they enacted?

• Nebuchanezzer and Gilgmesh

• Sumer and Ahkadian

• Hammurabi and Shamash

• Cuneiform and Hieroglyphs.

What is the difference between Prehistoric society and Mesopotamian society?

• Prehistoric people were hunter gatherers, Mesopotamian people were farmers.

• Prehistoric people did not leave written history, Mesopotamian people left extensive writings.

• Prehistoric people made artwork primarily about animals, Mesopotamian people made art about many subjects.

• Prehistoric people were nomads, Mesopotamian people built cities and lived in them.

• All of these

Which of the following is NOT true of Hammurabi's laws?

• It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.

• It was used by many later civilizations as a model

• The laws are written in stone.

• It treated all people the same under the law.

Which of these are Mesopotamian inventions?

• The wheel

• The plow

• The alphabet

• All of them

What is the name of the large constructions built during the Mesopotamian time period? The Hanging Tower of Babbel is thought to be one of these.

• Pyramid

• Ziggurat

• Obelisk

• Post and Lintel construction

The few Mesopotamians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?

• Artisans

• Merchants

• Scribes

• Priests

What was the main religion of the Mesopotamians?

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Christianity

• Judiasm

Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops is also known as

• irrigation

• architecture

• fishing

• cuneiform

All of these people are considered Mesopotamians except:

• Egyptians

• Akaadians

• Sumererians

• Babalonians