H1 Mesopotamia REVIEW/STUDY GUIDE

The first written code of laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life and was created by a Babylonian king.

• Code of Gilgamesh

• Code of Sargon

• Code of Hammurabi 

• Code of Sumer

Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?

• the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean

• the Tigris and the Persian Gulf

• the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates

• the Euphrates and the Tigris

Ancient Mesopotamians used ___________ ____________to sign important documents.

(a)  

Aside from the Sumerians, what was the name of another Mesopotamian civilization?

• Awakanas

• Tyrrianians

• Cyrenians

• Assyrians

Kings and priests had the most power in Mesopotamia. Is this:

• True

• False

________ _________ ___ ___was the name of the first board game invented by the Mesopotamians.

(a)  

When people bring water from a river to their crops using channels it is called....

• A levee

• A dike

• Irrigation

• A dam system

What does the word Mesopotamia mean

• Fertile

• Valley

• Land of farming

• Land between two rivers

Today, the fertile crescent...

• no longer exists

• is flooded

• is no longer as fertile

• is underwater

Why is Mesopotamia referred to as the fertile crescent?

• It has nutrient rich soil that is good for farming

• It has mines of gold

• It is shaped like a rectangle

• Their chief export is crescent rolls