Mesopotamia and Its Civilization

What was nearly every person before the invention of farming?

• hunter/gatherers

• farmers

• merchants

• artisans

What is the meaning of Mesopotamia?

• land between the rivers

• land of the rising sun

• land of the free

• land of the ancient

What was the world's first civilization founded in Mesopotamia?

• Sumer

• Babylon

• Akkad

• Assyria

What are human-made waterways called?

• Canals

• Rivers

• Streams

• Lakes

What is a group of states or territories controlled by one ruler called?

• Empire

• Republic

• Democracy

• Federation

What is a Mesopotamian invention that allows something to move?

• wheel

• lever

• pulley

• screw

What was the first written code of laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life?

• Hammurabi's Code of Laws

• The Magna Carta

• The Twelve Tables

• The Code of Justinian

What is the social hierarchy in Mesopotamia?

• Kings were on top of this structure in Ancient Mesopotamia

• Merchants were on top of this structure

• Farmers were on top of this structure

• Slaves were on top of this structure

What is the belief in many gods called?

• Polytheism

• Monotheism

• Atheism

• Agnosticism

What is a form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets?

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics

• Alphabet

• Runes