Ancient Mesopotamia

Which two rivers are found in Mesopotamia?

• Nile and the Euphrates

• Nile and the Yangtze

• Tigris and the Yangtze

• Tigris and the Euphrates

Annual flooding actually helped farmers by...

• leaving behind flecks of gold used for making money

• leaving silt behind that helped crops grow

• making it easier to travel upstream

• making it easier to transport goods by boat

Early Mesopotamians believed in

• a single god

• ancestor-worship

• animal-worship

• many gods

What is a ziggurat?

• a government building

• a temple

• a school

• a place to store grain

Of the following, which group of people belonged to the upper class of Sumerian Society?

• merchants

• artisans

• priests

• farmers

What is a cuneiform?

• A type of Sumerian story

• A Sumerian building

• Sumerian money

• the Sumerian system of writing

Who was Hammurabi?

• a Syrian prince

• a Mesopotamian priest

• a Babylonian King

• an Amorite merchant

Hammurabi is best known for

• his personality

• his code of laws

• his clean city

• his government

How did the Assyrians maintain control over their large empire? Select ALL that apply

• by building roads that connected the provinces

• by reducing taxes for poor citizens

• by appointing governors to run provinces

• by being just and fair

The Assyrians were overthrown by which people?

• Syrians

• Sumerians

• Greeks

• Chaldeans