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Mesopotamia
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Question 1
1.
Why was Mesopotamia called the Cradle of Civilization?
Question 2
2.
What were the names of the two rivers in Mesopotamia
White Nile and Blue Nile
Tigris and Euphrates
Nile and Tigris
Nile and Euphrates
Question 3
3.
What is the name of the strip of land that became the site of the Sumeria and Babylonian civilizations?
Nile River Valley
Fertile Crescent
Asia Minor
Indus Valley
Question 4
4.
The word Mesopotamia is a Greek work that means
Fertile Hippopotomus
Land between the rivers
Land of fertility
Land of pots
Question 5
5.
Mesopotamia was located in the modern day country of
Iraq
Iran
Turkey
Egypt
Question 6
6.
The Sumerians believed that gods descended to the earth using the ziggurat as a ladder.
Based on this sentence, which of the following is true?
They were monotheistic
They were polytheistic
They didn't have a religion
Question 7
7.
Which was not a Mesopotamian civilization?
Babylon
Indus
Sumer
Akkad
Question 8
8.
What was the form of writing created and used by ancient Mesopotamians?
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Assyrian
None of the above
Question 9
9.
In ancient Sumer, professional writers were called
___________
.
Question 10
10.
Which king of Mesopotamia instituted a code of laws for his people to live by?
Gilgamesh
Hammurabi
Sargon
Ramses