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Mesopotamia Review 19-20

Quiz by John Biggs

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15 questions
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  • Q1
    How did Darius I improve life in the Persian Empire?
    He built a system of roads.
    He taught people to write in cuneiform.
    He introduced a written system of laws.
    He used a number system based on 60.
    30s
  • Q2
    Which Mesopotamian people sailed and traded across the Mediterranean?
    Phoenicians
    Assyrians
    Chaldeans
    Babylonians
    30s
  • Q3
    Why did Nebuchadnezzar II build the Hanging Gardens?
    To farm more food
    To make the city beautiful
    To punish prisoners
    To defend the city walls
    30s
  • Q4
    What helped the Assyrians build an empire?
    Their own alphabet
    The Tower of Babel
    Bronze weapons
    Bows and arrows
    30s
  • Q5
    What significant contribution did Hammurabi make to Mesopotamia civilization?
    The system of satraps
    The introduction of cuneiform
    The expansion of seafaring trade
    The code of laws
    30s
  • Q6
    Why did Sumerians go to ziggurats?
    To visit religious shrines
    To conduct trade
    To buy and sell slaves
    To do government business
    30s
  • Q7
    How was the Epic of Gilgamesh recorded?
    In images on temple walls
    In cuneiform on clay tablets
    In the Phoenician alphabet on paper
    In pictographs on stone
    30s
  • Q8
    How was Sumerian society organized?
    Into provinces
    Into satraps
    According to religion
    By social class
    30s
  • Q9
    How did early Sumerian city-states defend themselves from attack?
    They controlled floodwaters.
    They built great walls.
    They hid in the mountains.
    They used iron weapons.
    30s
  • Q10
    What result did agriculture surplus have?
    Equality of social class
    Growth in population
    Reduction in trade
    Decline in wealth
    30s
  • Q11
    Where is Mesopotamia located?
    In the Syrian Desert
    In Asia Minor
    Between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
    North of the Mediterranean Sea
    30s
  • Q12
    What helped Sumerian agriculture thrive?
    Flooding and bronze tools
    Mild climate and canals
    Sandy coastal soil and iron tools
    Fertile soil and irrigation
    30s
  • Q13
    Where are the city-states of Sumer and Akkad located?
    Along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
    On the Mediterranean Sea
    In Asia Minor
    North of Desert lands
    30s
  • Q14
    Which empire ruled ancient Mesopotamia first?
    Babylonian
    Akkadian
    Chaldean
    Persian
    30s
  • Q15
    What happened before city-states formed?
    Phoenicians started trading.
    The Babylonian Empire began.
    Farming began.
    The Persian Empire fell.
    30s

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