Mesopotamian Unit Quiz (30 points)

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11 questions

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Mesopotamian Unit Quiz (30 points)

Last updated over 5 years ago

11 questions

3

1

2

3

10

Draggable item		Corresponding Item

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Enlil was

The king of Ur

A type of priest

The god of floods

Loving to the people

A ziggurat

Was a type of steel found in China

Was a type of slave brought from the mountains

Was the god of snakes in Mesopotamia

None of the above

Irrigation was important because

It created more surplus food

It gave slaves something to do

Occurred naturally when water flowed uphill

Was actually not that important

It made the gods happy

The ancient Sumerians modified their environment to increase food production by

“If a man has knocked out the teeth of a man of the same rank, his own teeth shall be knocked out. If he has knocked out the teeth of a plebeian (commoner), he shall pay one-third of a mina of silver.”. . . — Code of Hammurabi
Which statement is supported by this excerpt from Hammurabi’s code of laws?

Law sometimes distinguishes between social classes.

Fines are preferable to physical punishment.

All men are equal under the law.

Violence must always be punished with violence.

The Code of Hammurabi was written by Moses.

Mesopotamian geography included all of the following except:

People ate clay for food

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Protection from snakes		House of Dust
temples		Code of Hammurabi
Said to be given by the gods		cuneiform
Waged shape writing		Amulets
People ate clay for food		ziggurats

Most people were peasants

True

False

Calories are bad

True

False

Irrigation led to the development of math

True

False

There was constant warfare between the city-states

True

False

Enlil was

The king of Ur

A type of priest

The god of floods

Loving to the people

A ziggurat

Was a type of steel found in China

Was a type of slave brought from the mountains

Was the god of snakes in Mesopotamia

None of the above

Irrigation was important because

It created more surplus food

It gave slaves something to do

Occurred naturally when water flowed uphill

Was actually not that important

It made the gods happy

The ancient Sumerians modified their environment to increase food production by

digging irrigation canals

building terraces

burning undergrowth in forests

developing cuneiform

removing rain forests

“If a man has knocked out the teeth of a man of the same rank, his own teeth shall be knocked out. If he has knocked out the teeth of a plebeian (commoner), he shall pay one-third of a mina of silver.”. . . — Code of Hammurabi
Which statement is supported by this excerpt from Hammurabi’s code of laws?

Law sometimes distinguishes between social classes.

Fines are preferable to physical punishment.

All men are equal under the law.

Violence must always be punished with violence.

The Code of Hammurabi was written by Moses.

Mesopotamian geography included all of the following except:

marshland

rivers

mountains

snakes

rich soil

People ate clay for food

Protection from snakes

House of Dust

temples

Code of Hammurabi

Said to be given by the gods

cuneiform

Waged shape writing

Amulets

People ate clay for food

ziggurats

Most people were peasants

True

False

Calories are bad

True

False

Irrigation led to the development of math

True

False

There was constant warfare between the city-states

True

False