Mesopotamia

The first civilizations arose in__________ because the conditions for farming were good.

• mountains
• deserts
• river valleys
• none of the above

How did city-states irrigate their crops?

• they built walls, waterways , and ditches
• they built underground irrigation systems
• they used sprinklers
• they relied on rain

What was the name of the Sumerian system of writing?

• hieroglyphics
• cuneiform
• Sanskrit
• pictographs

How did the development of agriculture allow civilizations to move beyond just living  day to day with enough food to eat?

• more steady food supply with food surplus
• larger populations
• trade and specialization
• all of the above

As villages grew and supported larger and more permanent populations______emerged.

• cities
• dictators
• religion
• irrigation

The Mesopotamia River Valley was located between the ________and________ Rivers.

• Nile and Euphrates
• Nile and Tigres
• Tigres and Euphrates
• Euphrates and Huang He

_________________ was the king responsible for his written set of laws.

• Sargon
• Hammurabi
• Nebuchadnezzar
• David

Gilgamesh is the king of 

• Uruk
• Sumer
• Tigris
• Egypt

Gilgamesh's friend and sidekick

• Miso
• Enkidu
• Gilligan
• Humbaba

Gilgamesh is most unusual because he is 

• strong
• tall
• handsome
• 2/3s god, 1/3 man