Mesopotamia
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- Q1A collection of cities, each with its own ruler is calleda townan empirea city-statea nation30sEditDelete
- Q2A person trained to read, write and keep records is called aartifactzigguratanthropologistscribe30sEditDelete
- Q3All of the following are achievements of ancient Mesopotamia EXCEPTwritinglawsgeometrywheel30sEditDelete
- Q4The belief in many gods is calledpolytheismChristianitymonotheismatheism30sEditDelete
- Q5A man-made way of supplying water to an area of land for farming is calledirrigationtechnologyagriculturearcheology30sEditDelete
- Q6Another word for farming isagricultureempiredomesticatesurplus30sEditDelete
- Q7To tame an animal for human use or to cultivate plants is calledempiresurplusagriculturedomesticate30sEditDelete
- Q8Land with different territories and people under single rule is called a/ansurpluszigguratempireagriculture30sEditDelete
- Q9To have more than is needed is called asurplusfarmziggurattrade30sEditDelete
- Q10To buy and sell or to exchange goods and services is calledsurplustradeagriculturedomesticate30sEditDelete
- Q11Which two water features gave Mesopotamia the name "land between two rivers"?the Tigris and Euphrates Riversthe Red Sea and the Mediterranean Seathe Nile and Tigris Riversthe Fertile Crescent and the Mediterranean Sea30sEditDelete
- Q12Hammurabi is best known fordividing the empirecreating the wheelwriting the story of Gilgameshhis code of laws30sEditDelete
- Q13It was necessary to locate early city-states near bodies of water becauseit was faster to travel by water than landwater was used to irrigate fieldswater was a source of spiritual strengthwater is very soothing30sEditDelete
- Q14Most wealthy people in Mesopotamia lived intwo-story homes by the zigguratthe ziggurattents in the desertone-story homes close tot he wall of the city-state30sEditDelete
- Q15The region of Mesopotamia is mostly located in the present-day country ofIraqItalyIndiaIceland30sEditDelete
- Q16What did the Mesopotamians write on?cave wallspapyrusanimal skinclay30sEditDelete
- Q17Which of these groups ranked higher (had higher status/more importance) in the social structure than the others in the Sumerian civilizationpriestsfarmersmerchantsslaves30sEditDelete
- Q18A region in southwest Asia; the site of the world's first civilization.Fertile CrescentzigguratEuropeAfrica30sEditDelete
- Q19In the story of "Gilgamesh", Gilgamesh and Enkidu werebrothersteacher and studentfather and sonfriends30sEditDelete
- Q20According to Hammurabi's Code, all people were treated equal and social classes were not considered.TrueFalse30sEditDelete