Ancient Mesopotamia

Ancient Mesopotamia was located between what two rivers?

• Mississippi and Rock
• Tigris and Euphrates
• Missouri and Wisconsin
• Nile and Amazon

Ancient Mesopotamia is often referred to as the ...

• Fertile Crescent
• Garden of Eden
• The Holy Grail
• Mr. Tavs' backyard

There were, at one time, 282 laws that had to be followed. They were known as ...

• Rock River Intermediate Code of Conduct
• Code of Nebechudezzar
• Code of Hammurabi
• Code of Gilgamesh

The Assyrians had an advantage over other civilizations because of :

• Chariots, horses, and iron weapons
• slingshots, arrows, and spears
• horses, cows, and bunnies
• New Nike shoes

Mesopotamians wrote on

• dirt
• rocks
• Paper
• Clay tablets

Many of the early Mesopotamians were

• monotheistic
• polytheistic
• atheist
• worshipping Mr. Tavs

Empires of Mesopotamia built __________________ to honor their gods.

• statues
• pyramids
• ziggurats
• roads

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Cuneiform
• Hieroglyphs
• English
• Sargon

Which of the following were members of the upper class?

• kings and priests
• artisans
• merchants and traders
• scribes

The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?

• artisans
• scribes
• heads of households
• merchants