VOCABULARY
WAS A SET OF 282 LAWS THAT DEALT WITH ALMOST EVERY PART OF DAILY LIFE.
HAMMURABI'S CODE
Which is a river of Mesopotamia?
A) Euphrates River
B) Amazon River
C) Missouri River
D) Nile River
A) Euphrates River
What is the significance of Hammurabi’s Code?
A) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society.
B) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens.
C) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution.
D) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority.
A) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society.
Who established a code of 282 laws?
A) Hammurabi
B) Roeder
C) Sargon
D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Hammurabi
*BUT ROEDER STILL RULES!!!
The Fertile Crescent got its name because
A)it was one of the earliest civilizations
B) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture
C) the people who lived there had lots of children
D) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East
B) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture
A PYRAMID SHAPED TEMPLE TOWER
ZIGGURAT
What Does Mesopotamia mean?
A) “Land of the first civilization”
B) “Land between 2 rivers”
C) “Land of Hammurabi”
D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
B) “Land between 2 rivers”
What is irrigation?
A) A means to control water supply to the land
B) A new method of fighting
C) A paleolithic tool
D) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to
A) A means to control water supply to the land
Who is responsible for the achievement of the alphabet?
A) Babylonians
B) Sumerians
C) Phoenicians
D) Chaldeans
C) Phoenicians
He was among the first leaders to have a permanent army
A) Sargon
B) Utu
C) Hammurabi
D) Gilgamesh
A) Sargon
A LARGE ARC OF RICH, OR FERTILE, FARMLAND
FERTILE CRESCENT
This term is known as the world’s first writing?
A) stylus
B) Babylon
C) English
D) Cuneiform
D) Cuneiform
A self-governing city that has its own ruler and laws is known as a
A) City-State
B) Culture
C) Empire
D) State-City
A) City-State
One of the most important inventions by the Sumerians was the
A) alphabet
B) a code of laws
C) purple dye
D) wheel
D) wheel
What purpose did the wall around a city serve?
A) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland
B) to protect the people of the city-state from attack
C) to keep people from moving to another city-state
D) to protect the people of the city-state from floods
B) to protect the people of the city-state from attack
THE WORSHIP OF MANY GODS
POLYTHEISM
What is the name of the Ancient Mesopotamian temple?
A) Pyramid
B) Church
C) Synagogue
D) Ziggurat
D) Ziggurat
A person hired to keep track of the items people trades is known as a
A) king
B) slave
C) scribe
D) priest
C) scribe
Which of the following is not a Sumerian god/goddess
A) Utu
B) Enlil
C) Inanna
D) Zeus
D) Zeus
Who served as a role between the Sumerians and the gods?
A) priests
B) kings
C) farmers
D) war chiefs
A) priests
THE DIVISION OF SOCIETY BY RANK OR CLASS
SOCIAL HIERARCHY
This is a Sumerian cylinder seal. How were cylinder seals used in Mesopotamia?
A) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy.
B) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint.
C) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items.
D) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples.
B) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint.
This tells a story of a hero. Gilgamesh is an example of a hero in this type of story.
A) fairy tale
B) tall tale
C) epic
D) mystery
C) epic
In the order of social hierarchy, which person is considered the second most important?
A) traders
B) priest
C) craftsmen
D) King
E) farmers
B) priest
Mesopotamians used the plow to make their farmland more productive. Which of the following was necessary for the use of the plow?
A) the establishment of cities
B) the domestication of oxen
C) the creation of government
D) the invention of writing
B) the domestication of oxen