Ancient Mesopotamia Exam

Why was Mesopotamia such a good place for farming?

• Constant Rain
• The gods made it so
• The flooding of the Tigris and Euphrates River
• Everyone helped with farming

The first city-state was created by the...

• Babylonians
• Sumerians
• Persians
• Akkadians

What is the definition of polytheistic?

• The Worship of Gilgamesh
• The worship of Many gods
• The worship of one god
• The worship of Zu

Hammurabi created the first what?

• Government system
• Religion
• Written Code of Law
• Ziggurat

Gilgamesh was both fully divine and fully human.

• True
• False

What system of writing did the Ancient Mesopotamians use?

• Hieroglyphs
• Ancient Persian
• Phoenician Alphabet
• Cuneiform

The Mesopotamians created what?

• Fire
• Ovens
• The Wheel
• Stone tools

What was NOT a purpose of Ziggurats?

• A Place to worship the gods
• A place to rule the city-state
• A place where the gods watched over their cities
• A home for Kings

How do we see Gilgamesh in modern times?

• The greatest Mesopotamian King
• Influential as the first "Hero"
• A god of Mesopotamia
• A person who searched for the meaning of life

Mesopotamia means "the land between 2 mountains."

• True
• False