Mesopotamia Review

The ancient Mesopotamian system of writing was called

• Cutieform
• Cuneiform
• Heiroglyphics
• Sanskrit

A self-governing city that also governs nearby villages

• Empire
• City-state
• Polytheism
• Ziggurat

Mesopotamia is the land between which two rivers?

• Euphrates and Tigris
• Red and Black
• Tiger and Euphrates
• Mississippi and Missouri

Which invention allowed the Ancient Mesopotamians to travel farther and faster?

• Wheel
• Cuneiform
• Battering Ram
• Pottery Wheel

What did the Ancient Mesopotamians write on?

• Paper, duh
• Clay tablets
• Ceramic tiles
• Each other

The belief in many gods and goddesses is called

• Monotheism

• Polytheism

• Religion

• Cuneiform

Land that stretched from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea with rich soil

• Fertile Crescent

• Mesopotamia

• Taurus Mountains

• Lower Zagros Mountains

What does the word "fertile" mean

• Land that has been flooded

• When ice melts on the tops of mountains

• Land that is good for farming

• Drying clay tablets so that they are harden and preserved

The name of the first ever set of written laws in Mesopotamia

• Stylus

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Values

• Hammarabi's Code

A king, hero, and adventurer we read about in a story from ancient Mesopotamia

• Gilgamesh

• Hammurabi

• Sumer

• Akkad