Mesopotamia Review
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- Q1Which two water features gave Mesopotamia the name "Land between the rivers?"Red Sea and Mediterranean SeaTigris and EuphratesNile and TigrisFertile Crescent and Mediterranean Sea45s
- Q2A collection of cities, each with its own rulera townan empirea nationa city-state45s
- Q3A person trained to read, write and keep records is called ascribezigguratanthropologistcaravan45s
- Q4Hammurabi is best known forhis code of lawswriting the story of Gilgameshdividing the empirecreating the wheel45s
- Q5All of the following are achievements of Mesopotamia EXCEPTGeometrywheellawswriting45s
- Q6The belief in many gods is calledmonotheismChristianitypolytheismatheism45s
- Q7It was necessary to locate early city-states near bodies of water becausewater is very soothingit was faster to travel by water than landwater was used to irrigate fieldsWater was a source of spiritual strength45s
- Q8A man-made way of supplying water to an area of land for farmingagricultureirrigationtechnologyarcheology45s
- Q9The region of Mesopotamia is mostly located in the present day country ofIndiaItalyIraqIceland45s
- Q10What did the Mesopotamians write on?papyrusclayanimal skincave walls45s
- Q11Which of these groups ranked higher (had higher status/more important) in the social structure than the others in Sumerian civilization?priestsfarmersslavesmerchants45s
- Q12A region in southwest Asia. The site of the world's first civilization.AfricazigguratFertile CrescentEurope45s
- Q13Another word for farming isempiresurplusagriculturedomesticate45s
- Q14To tame an animal for human use or to cultivate plants is calledsurplusempirezigguratdomesticate45s
- Q15Land with different territories and people under single rule is called a/anzigguratempireagriculturesurplus45s