Mesopotamia & Egypt test prep

According to the map, where did the

Mesopotamian Civilization develop?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Which of the following was NOT an advancement of Mesopotamia?

• 1. Plow

• 1. Cuneiform

• 1. Pyramids

• 1. 12 month calendar

What is the writing system of Mesopotamia called?

• 1. Cuneiform

• 1. Hieroglyphics

• 1. Sanskrit

• 1. Pictographs

True or False? Mesopotamians invented the wheel.

• True
• False

What was a major step in the advance of civilization?

• Beginning of settled agriculture

• Fishing

• Burying the dead

• Migrating in search of food

1. What is the writing system of Mesopotamia called? 

• Pictographs

• 1. Sanskrit

• 1. Cuneiform

• 1. Hieroglyphics

What was the name of the first written code of laws?

• Babylonian Code

• 1. The Laws of Nineveh

• 1. Hammurabi’s Code

• 1. Epic of Gilgamesh

What two rivers did Mesopotamia develop around?

• 3. Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

• 1. Nile and Yellow River

• 1. Euphrates and the Nile Rivers

• 1. Tigris and Yellow Rivers

1. in what year did the civilization associated with the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers begin? 

• 1. 3500 BCE

• 1. 2500 BCE

• 1. 1500 BCE

• 1. 500 BCE

What is the name of the Reed plant that grows along the banks of the Nile River used

to make paper in Egypt?

• 1. Embalming

• 1. Papyrus

• 1. Cataract

• 1. Pharaoh