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Ancient Mesopotamia

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was credited with developing a code of laws?

a)

Sargon

b)

Hammurabi

c)

Gilgamesh

2.

Who were considered the upper class?

a)

kings & priests

b)

farmers & merchants

c)

slaves

3.

What does the word polytheistic mean?

a)

a belief in one god

b)

a belief in one goddess

c)

a belief in many gods

4.

What was the purpose of a ziggurat?

a)

religious temple

b)

grain storage

c)

slave shack

5.

What was the Mesopotamian writing called?

a)

alphabet

b)

cursive

c)

cuneiform

6.

Who was the first emperor of ancient Mesopotamia?

a)

Hammurabi

b)

Gilgamesh

c)

Sargon

7.

Ancient Mesopotamia was located in what today is

(a)  

8.

Ancient Mesopotamia's government was like our democracy.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

How did ancient Mesopotamians acquire the goods they needed?

a)

Walmart

b)

trade

c)

cash

10.

What was Hammurabi's Code?

a)

a set of rules for programming

b)

a set of laws

c)

a set of building blocks