Mesopotamia Quiz Review

What is large temple built by the Sumerians for their gods ?

• temple

• church

• ziggurat

• pyramid

What is the system of writing that used wedge-shaped symbols developed in ancient Sumer?

• hieroglyphics

• alphabet

• symbols

• cuneiform

What is the belief in many gods and goddesses?

• polytheism

• monotheism

• Hammurabi

• Sumerian

What is left behind after the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flood?

• dirt

• a mess

• soil

• silt

What did Sumerians write on?

• clay tablets

• paper

• cave walls

• stone

Mesopotamia was a society that was based on ______________?

• trading

• agriculture

• war

• architecture

People in Mesopotamia received the items the needed to survive by ______________.

• trade

• war

• architecture

• buying items

What were two reasons Sumer was a good place to live?

• rivers & mountains

• mountains & deserts

• deserts & rivers

• rivers & silt

Who was at the bottom of the social pyramid?

• slaves

• kings

• farmers

• army

Why were the kings at the top of the Social Pyramid?

• they were rich

• they were picked by the gods

• they were first born

• they were once slaves