Geography
Religion
Achievements
Politics
Economy / Social Structure
100
The region of Mesopotamia is located mostly in this present-day country.
What is Iraq?
100
The ancient Sumerians believed in many gods. Their beliefs could be described as _______.
What is polytheistic?
100
We know so much about Hammurabi’s Code because:
- He wrote it down.
- He displayed it for all to see.
- Some of the clay tablets were found by archaeologists.
- All of the above
What is "All of the above?"
100
This leader implemented the first system of laws
Who was Hammurabi?
100
This social class, though it included a lot of the population, was not protected by the laws.
Who were the enslaved?
200
Mesopotamia is known as “The Land Between the Rivers”. Those rivers are named:
What are the Tigris and the Euphrates?
200
These people were the only ones allowed inside the ziggurats and therefore were given a high social standing.
Who are priests?
200
All of the following were achievements of the ancient Mesopotamians except:
- The plow
- The wheel
- Cuneiform
- Cave drawings
What are cave drawings?
200
Ouch!!! I'm an Ancient Mesopotamian and I just got stabbed in the arm by my neighbor! There is only one solution for this...
What is “He would be stabbed also”?
200
This group of Mesopotamians provided the majority of the food for the population, but they did not rank high in society.
Who were the Peasants or Farmers?
300
The rich farmland in Mesopotamia earned it this nickname.
What is "The Fertile Crescent" or "The Cradle of Civilization?"
300
True of False: Sumerians believed gods were responsible for producing good crops.
What is TRUE?
300
Cuneiform is widely accepted as one of the most important Sumerian achievements because:
What is “It was the first time people kept written records”?
300
All of Mesopotamia were organized into these; sorta like countries...
What were City-States?
300
This technology contributed to the development of Mesopotamia’s economic system:
- Irrigation system
- Mixture of copper and tin
- Farmer’s plow
- All of the above
What is “All of the above”?
400
The fertile area around the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers has a long, curved, ______ shape.
What is Crescent?
400
These temples were build in ancient Mesopotamia to worship their gods.
What are ziggurats?
400
The development of this allowed the Ancient Mesopotamian farmers to keep track of the schedule of river floods.
What is the calendar?
400
True or False: There was only one person who ruled all of the city-states in Sumer.
What is False?
400
Before the development of this writing system, merchants had no way to keep track of the goods that they bought and sold.
What is cuneiform?
500
In order to more efficiently get water from the rivers to their farmland, ancient Mesopotamians developed this system.
What is irrigation?
500
I was the King of all Mesopotamian Gods
Who is Marduk?
500
This important piece of literature from ancient Mesopotamia tells the tale of a hero, who among other things, searched for the secret to eternal life (and it may have taken an eternity to read it).
What is The Epic of Gilgamesh?
500
Hammurabi's Laws are still famous today for this main reason:
It is humanity's first known written set of laws?
500
Skilled workers who made products such as weapons and jewelry.
Who were the Artisans?