Inventions and Artifacts
The wheel, sailboat, astrology, the arch, the potter's wheel
Besides keeping the first known written records , which of the following could best be added to the list of Mesopotamian inventions?
A) soap
B) ink
C) rock art
D) fire
A) soap
Which description best fits the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the world's oldest written stories, which came from Mesopotamia?
A) an account of a Mesopotamian King and his battles
B) a legend about a king traveling the world and defeating a monster
C) a love story about King Gilgamesh
D) a description of all the kings who ever ruled Mesopotamia
B) a legend about a king traveling the world and defeating a monster
Which landform covered most of ancient Mesopotamia?
A) the Tigris and Euphrates River Valley
B) the Caspian Sea
C) the Nile River
D) the Syrian Desert
A) the Tigris and Euphrates River Valley
Even though very few people could read, the Babylonian King Hammurabi ordered that his laws be displayed where all the people could see them. These laws, called the Code of Hammurabi, were written on ____.
A) clay tablets
B) papyrus scrolls
C) a huge black stone
D) the walls of his palace
C) a huge black stone
The few people in ancient times who could read and write were called _____.
A) rules
B) stelas
C) scribes
D) ziggurats
C) scribes
Which of the following groups of people did not live in Mesopotamia at one time in history?
A) Assyrians
B) Sumerians
C) Egyptians
D) Chaldeans
C) Egyptians
Anthropologists believe that the first use of cuneiform, the earliest known writing, was to ____.
A) record important battles
B) keep records of business matters
C) list kings in order
D) keep inventories of things captured in battle
B) keep records of business matters
Sir Charles Leonard Woolley found all of the following while excavating EXCEPT:
A) the tomb of Queen Puabi and her golden headdress
B) 16 Royal tombs
C) harps
D) a royal diary
D) a Royal diary
Mesopotamian city-states had all of the following except _____.
A) a class structure which included wealthy, middle class and slaves
B) strong walls around each town and their own laws
C) a religious ruler called a shaman
D) a political ruler called a lugal
C) a religious ruler called a shaman
In 2003, 15,000 artifacts went missing from which museum?
A) the Museum of Nature and Science
B) the Smithsonian
C) the Louvre Museum in Paris, France
D) the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad
D) the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad
Where is Hammurabi's Stella currently located?
the Louvre Museum in Paris, France
Which country exists today in the area that was ancient Mesopotamia?
A) Iraq
B) Assyria
C) Egypt
D) Italy
A) Iraq
Which warrior people were known as the cruelest groups to live in Mesopotamia?
A) Assyrians
B) Sumerians
C) Egyptians
D) Chaldeans
A) Assyrians