Mesopotamia QUIZ

Which body of water was NOT near Mesopotamia?

• Tigris River
• Amazon River
• Euphrates River
• Mediterranean Sea

Which invention greatly increased farm production?

• Plow
• Lawnmower
• Ax
• Tractor

When people can specialize in one job (work different jobs), what is that called?

• Surplus of Jobs
• Division of Labor
• Bartering
• Cuneiform

What provided silt?

• domestication

• Floods

• Monsoons

• Lakes

What allowed people to live in one place? 

• A social hierarchy
• Hammurabi's Code
• Mountains and deserts nearby
• Agriculture and Domestication

What was Hammurabi's Code?

• The first set of WRITTEN laws

• The first set of laws

• The first set of records

• The first set of written names

Which was a religious structure that served as a temple in the city states?

• Pyramids

• Ziggurats

• Torahs

• Canals

Who was second in the social hierarchy of Sumer?

• Priests
• Kings
• Farmers and Laborers
• Craftspeople and Traders

This was used to control flooding and provide water to crops.

• Ziggurats

• Domestication

• Agriculture

• Irrigation

independent state made up of a city and the surrounding land and villages

• Empire
• Nomad
• City-State
• Civilizations