Mesopotamian Society and Innovations

What would you find in an Ancient Sumerian Market?

• Traders

• People

• Temples

• Carts

Where was ancient Mesopotamia located?

• Between the Nile and Amazon Rivers

• Between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• Between the Indus and Ganges Rivers

• Between the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers

Which of the following were among the world's first cities to emerge in Mesopotamia?

• Athens, Rome, and Sparta

• Ur, Uruk, and Babylon

• Cairo, Luxor, and Thebes

• Beijing, Xi'an, and Luoyang

What mathematical system did the Mesopotamians develop that influenced modern timekeeping and geometry?

• Base 10 system

• Base 20 system

• Base 60 system

• Base 100 system

What was the sophisticated writing system developed in Mesopotamia by 3200 BC called?

• Hieroglyphics

• Cuneiform

• Alphabet

• Pictograms

What event marked the end of Mesopotamia's independence and led to it becoming a territory of foreign empires?

• The construction of the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

• The development of the Code of Hammurabi.

• The conquest of Babylon by Cyrus the Great.

• The invention of the wheel.