Pace - Ancient Civ. Mesopotamia

What was the earliest civilization in Mesopotamia called?

• Sumer

• Akkad

• Persia

• Babylon

What was the first political system in ancient Mesopotamia?

• A large unified republic

• Independent city states ruled by kings

• Independent city states that were democracies

• A unified empire

Which of the following indicates that Sumerian city-states fought each other?

• Cities managed large irrigation projects

• Cities were located near the Tigris or Euphrates

• Cities included a Ziggurat

• Cities had high walls

Which of the following is a result of Mesopotamia's fertile land?

• Large population

• Growth in trade

• Rise of the first governments

• All of these

What type of writing system did the Sumerians develop?

• They did not develop writing

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphs

• An alphabet

Which of these is TRUE about Mesopotamia's rivers?

• They were predictable and deposited silt.

• There was one main river, the Nile.

• There were two rivers that both unpredictably flooded.

• They flowed into the Mediterranean sea.

What form of government did Sargon create?

• A multi-ethnic empire

• A democracy

• A city-state ruled by a king

• A city state governed as a direct democracy

How did the Mesopotamians get the resources to produce bronze?

• They mined them themselves.

• They traded with their neighbors.

• They didn't have bronze.

• They acquired cedar trees from Phoenicia.

What empire did Hammurabi rule?

• Sumer

• Akkad

• Persia

• Babylon

What were Mesopotamian religious buildings called?

• Ziggurats

• Pyramids

• Temples

• Synagogues