Schulte - Ancient Mesopotamia

What is irrigation?

• A way to water farmland without rain

• A way to transport goods using canals

• A way to build houses and buildings

• A way to record information using symbols

What was the written language of Mesopotamia

• The Alphabet

• Cunieform

• Hieroglyphics

• pictographs

Mesopotamia means,

• Big country

• Promised Land

• Land between two rivers

• Land outside the desert

What did the Sumerians call their large cities?

• City States

• Empires

• Kingdoms

• Villages

What were Ziggurats used for

• Communication with the gods

• Marriges

• Homes for slaves

• Time travel

Annual flooding actually helped farmers by...

• leaving behind flecks of gold used for making money

• leaving silt behind that helped crops grow

• making it easier to travel upstream

• making it easier to transport goods by boat

What was the religion of the Sumerians?

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Atheism

• Pantheism

What was the main source of water for ancient Mesopotamia?

• Tigris and Euphrates rivers

• Nile river

• Amazon river

• Yangtze river

What is a ziggurat?

• a government building

• a temple

• a school

• a place to store grain

Where was ancient Mesopotamia mostly located?

• Iraq

• Egypt

• Greece

• China