Mesopotamia

 Which of these is the BEST definition of "civilization" for a history class?

• the way people talk
• a group of people with the same culture
• the ability to walk upright
• how sophisticated someone behaves

In ancient Mesopotamia, the MAIN role of priests was to

• collect taxes
• make the gods happy
• offer salvation to sinners
• instruct the kings about religion

This style of writing would have been found in which civilization?

• Egytian
• Shang
• Indus
• Sumerians

Mesopotamian religion was polytheistic. Polytheistic means

• "The belief of gods in nature"
• "The belief in more than one god"
• "The belief that priests were kings"
• "The belief that god was everywhere"

Beyond the basic elements of civilization, what did the Sumerians add to future societies and cultures?

• patriarchy and job specialization
  
• social classes and agricultural surplus
  
• clearly-defined government and large cities
  
• raising livestock and monumental architecture

This river flows from Turkey through Iraq and was the eastern-most of the two major Mesopotamian Rivers.

• Indus
• Euphrates
• Tigris
• Huang He

The Code of Hammurabi in Babylonia was intended to

• free slaves from oppression.
• Give all people voting rights
• Let all people know the laws
• allow commoners to have more rights

Cuneiform, one of the earliest forms of writing, was probably developed as a means of keeping records of

• population size
• religious rituals
• trade and commerce
• numbers of live stock people owned

This is one of the most powerful city-states along the Euphrates River in Ancient Mesopotamia.

• Egypt
• Babylon
• Ur
• Sumer

Which of these is an accurate description of a Mesopotamian ziggurat?

• a burial place for emperors
• a religious and civic center
  
• a ship with triangular sails
  
• a weapon used to destroy walls