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  • Q1

    Which of the following are rivers in Mesopotamia?

    Tigris and Edisto

    Euphrates and Thames

    Euphrates and Tigris

    300s
    RH.6-8.1
  • Q2

    What is the name of the system used by the Mesopotamians to bring water from the rivers to their land?

    Drainage

    Eridu

    Irrigation

    300s
    RH.6-8.4
  • Q3

    What religion did Mesopotamians practice?

    Hammurism

    Monotheism

    Polytheism

    300s
    RH.6-8.4
  • Q4

    In the daily life of Mesopotamians, the ziggurat existed as a center for...

    housing prisoners

    trade

    religious worship

    300s
    RH.6-8.4
  • Q5

    Who held significant power just below the king in Mesopotamian Society?

    Merchants

    Priests

    Farmers

    300s
    RH.6-8.5
  • Q6

    Which of the following does a Patriarchal system promote?

    True Patriots to become regents/advisors for the King

    Male led house, Male led government

    Female led house, Male led government

    300s
    RH.6-8.4
  • Q7

    Which defines Cuneiform?

    Law Code written on giant community stones

    Mesopotamian King who defeated Hammurabi

    Mesopotamian system of writing

    300s
    RH.6-8.4
  • Q8

    Historians believe that Gilgamesh was a real king.

    False

    True

    300s
    RH.6-8.8
  • Q9

    What happens to King Gilgamesh's friend in the Epic?

    Ishtar dies

    Enkidu takes over after Gilgamesh

    Enkidu dies

    300s
    RH.6-8.2
  • Q10

    How did King Hammurabi keep track of laws in the Babylonian Empire?

    Wrote them on a Stele Stone

    Wrote them on Papyrus

    It was a verbal law coming from the king

    300s
    RH.6-8.1
  • Q11

    What geographical feature allowed Mesopotamians to have rich soil?

    Seasonal Drought

    Pesticides

    Fertile Crescent

    300s
    RH.6-8.4
  • Q12

    Which of the following is NOT a Pillar of Civilization?

    Record Keeping

    Humanitarianism

    Complex Institutions

    300s
    RH.6-8.4
  • Q13

    A poem written by Priestess and Princess Enheduanna would be a ____________ source as it is a first hand account from the Ancient period in Mesopotamia.

    Tertiary

    Primary

    Secondary

    300s
    RH.6-8.4
  • Q14

    Sargon had a rule that lasted 200 years. What is it called when a series of rulers all come from a single family?

    Empire

    Kardashian Effect

    Dynasty

    300s
    RH.6-8.4
  • Q15

    The Babylonians gave us a cultural calendar system that we all still reflect upon. Lions, Scorpions and Crayfish are all present in the...

    Zodiac calendar

    Persian Calendar

    Hammurabi Calendar

    300s
    RH.6-8.4

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