Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia is the earliest known civilization and it developed between

• the Tiber and Euphrates River
• the Tigris and Euphrates River
• the Nile and Tigris River
• The Nile and Tiber River

Early Mesopotamian farmers had to deal with _____________ and _____________.

• blizzards and hurricanes

• droughts/floods

• mudslides/tornadoes

• tornadoes/mudslides

The people of Mesopotamia solved the problem of the uncontrolled water supply by developing

• filtration system
• farming system
• irrigation system
• desalinization system 

City states went to war with one another over

• gold and slaves
• religion and politics
• resources and territory
• trade and agriculture

What is polytheism?

• belief in more than one god
• belief in one god
• belief there is no god

A pyramid-shaped structure with a temple at the top is called a

• temple
• polytheism
• pyramid
• ziggurat

Mesopotamian rivers were filled with ____________ which proved to be good soil for farming

• sand
• dirt
• silt
• rocks

Sumerian writing was called

• hieroglyphics 
• cuneiform
• alphabet
• lexicon

What does a scribe do for a living?

• cook
• paint
• fight
• write

What is the name of the oldest known story?

• The Odyssey 
• The Epic of Gilgamesh
• The Epic of Mesopotamia
• The Iliad