Mesopotamia Reading Knowledge Check

a wedge-shaped instrument for writing​ (a)  

• stylus
• Mesopotamia
• pictographs
• scribes
• cuneiform
• keystone
• ziggurat
• Semitic

temple-tower that was the center of Sumerian cities​ (a)  

• ziggurat
• Mesopotamia
• pictographs
• scribes
• stylus
• cuneiform
• keystone
• Semitic

writing consisting of shapes and lines made by using a wedge-shaped instrument on clay tablets​ (a)  

• cuneiform
• Mesopotamia
• pictographs
• scribes
• stylus
• keystone
• ziggurat
• Semitic

the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers​ (a)  

• Mesopotamia
• pictographs
• scribes
• stylus
• cuneiform
• keystone
• ziggurat
• Semitic

language related to Arabic and Hebrew​ (a)  

• Semitic
• Mesopotamia
• pictographs
• scribes
• stylus
• cuneiform
• keystone
• ziggurat

a wedge-shaped stone in an arch that causes the arch to lock together​ (a)  

• keystone
• Mesopotamia
• pictographs
• scribes
• cuneiform
• ziggurat
• Semitic
• stylus

professional writers​ (a)  

• scribes
• Mesopotamia
• pictographs
• stylus
• cuneiform
• keystone
• ziggurat
• Semitic

pictures that stand for words​ (a)  

• pictographs
• Mesopotamia
• stylus
• scribes
• cuneiform
• ziggurat
• Semitic
• keystone

The first group of people to live in Mesopotamia were the

• Akkadians

• Sumerians

• Babylonians

• Assyrians

These people in Sumeria eventually became so powerful that they became kings and ruled large areas.

• priests

• farmers

• scribes

• soldiers