Mesopotamia Chapter 3

Mesopotamia means "land between _______". (Sec. 1.1)

• Oceans
• Rivers
• Kingdoms
• People

Irrigation was the answer to handling the dirt walls that they built. (Sec. 1.1)

• True
• False

How did Sumerians get other resources they needed? (Sec. 1.1)

• Stole them
• Built them
• Traded for them
• Fought for them

How was the Sumerian society organized. (Sec. 1.2)

• Social Class
• Farmers and non-farmers
• By Age

A belief in many gods is called polytheism. (Sec. 1.3)

• True
• False

Priest observed natural events to predict the gods plans, these observations led to what developments? (Sec. 1.3)

• Reading and Writing
• Calendar and Mathematics
• Planets and Solar Systems
• Art and Music

Ziggurat means ________. (Sec. 1.3)

• Major Diety
• Mountaintop

The cuneiform symbols represented sounds rather than objects. (Sec. 1.4)

• True
• False

Where did a farmer find Sargon the Great as a baby in a basket? (Sec. 1.5)

• Mesopotamia
• In the fields
• On a mountain side
• Floating in a river

Sumer was weakened by what? (Sec. 1.5)

• Internal War
• Hunger
• Floods
• Lack of Trade