1.

A ziggurat would be an example of which trait of

civilization?
A.
Government
B.
Social classes
C.
Monumental architecture
D.
Stable food supply

2.
Agriculture is most closely connected to which trait of
civilization?
A.
Stable food supply
B.
Trade
C.
Monumental architecture
D.
Social classes

3.
Which trait of civilization means "groups of people who
have different jobs, and different rights"?
A.
Trade
B.
Government
C.
System of writing
D.
Social classes

4.
To which trait of civilization is cuneiform most closely
related?
A.
System of writing
B.
Monumental architecture
C.
Government
D.
Stable food supply

C.
City-state...empire
D.
Empire....city-state

7.
Which empire is known for its cruelty, harshness and
skill at warfare?
A.
Sumerians
B.
Persians
C.
Assyrians
D.
Babylonians

8.
What ancient Mesopotamian empire began in the
country that is today called "Iran"?
A.
Akkadian Empire
B.
Assyrian Empire
C.
Babylonian Empire
D.
Persian Empire

9.
This empire used a tolerant style of government and
built a large system of roads. Some of its kings were
Cyrus and Darius.
A.
Akkadian Empire
B.
Assyian Empire
C.
Babylonian Empire
D.
Persian Empire

10.

5.
What is a word for "belief in many gods"? (SPELLING
COUNTS)

6.
A(n) ___________ is bigger and harder to govern than
a(n) ________________.
A.
Irrigation...empire
B.
Empire...irrigation

This picture probably shows the

A.
Sumerians

B.
Assyrians
C.
Persians

11.
This Jewish leader freed the Hebrews from slavery in
Egypt and wrote down the Ten Commandments (Type
David, Abraham, Solomon, or Moses. Spelling counts!)

12.
Which Jewish leader left the city-state of Ur with his
family, creating one of the first monotheistic religions?
(type David, Solomon, Abraham, or Moses. Spelling
counts!)

13.
Why did people decide to move from the Zagros
Mountains to the river plains of Mesopotamia many
thousands of years ago?
A.
Because there were no rivers in Mesopotamia.
B.
Because the land there was fertile.
C.
Because they were nomads and had to keep moving.
D.
Because they formed the first empire.

14.
Which of these would NOT be an example of a law from
Hammurabi's Code?
A.
If a man breaks the bone of a man of his own social class,his
bone shall be broken.
B.
Do not make any statues or carved images of any gods.
C.
If a man breaks the bone of a poor man,he shall pay him 3
month's wages in silver.
D.
If you are caught stealing from a house or a temple, you shall
be put to death.

15.
David and Solomon were
A.
Jewish or Hebrew kings
B.
Sumerian Kings
C.
Egyptian kings
D.
Assyrian Kings

16.
Why did Sumerians become good farmers?
A.
They developed irrigation systems.

B.
They passed their land from father to son.
C.
They lived in the hills.
D.
They developed new types of crops.

17.
The Ten Commandments and the Code of Hammurabi
are both
A.
Records about the economy
B.
Sets of laws
C.
Religious rules
D.
Ways to spread monotheism

18.
This is the beginning of the Code of Hammurabi:" The
gods Anu and Enlil named me by my name:
Hammurabi, who worships the gods, to bring justice to
the land, to get rid of the wicked and the evil, to
prevent the strong from oppressing the weak, to rise
like the sun-god Shamash over all..."This passage
shows that Hammurabi
A.
Belonged to a polytheistic religion.
B.
Belonged to the Persian Empire.
C.
Belonged to a monotheistic religion.
D.
Belonged to the Assyrian Empire.

19.
What was the name of the Mesopotamian writing
system?
A.
The Alphabet
B.
The Code of Hammurabi
C.
Hieroglyphs
D.
Cuneiform

20.
Judaism was different from other ancient
Mesopotamian religions because
A.
The Jews believed in many gods.
B.
The Jews had no written text.
C.
The Jews prayed indoors.
D.
The Jews were monotheistic.

21.

This picture shows:

A.
Moses receiving the Code of Hammurabi
B.
Abraham receiving the Ten Commandments
C.
Hammurabi receiving the Code of Hammurabi
D.
Moses receiving the Ten Commandments

1.
Known as the cradle of civilizations because
of its enormous advances and contributions
including domestication of animals, trade
and coinage, legal government, potter's
wheel, wagon wheel, alphabet, architecture,
and astronomy.
2.
Historical period of the mesopotamian
civilization that contributed the cuneiform
and the ziggurat.
3.
A system of writing typified by the use of
characters formed by the arrangement of
small, wedge-shaped elements.

4.
World's first literature
5.
Artificial mound accumulated from the
remains of one or more ancient settlements.
6.
Short-lived and collapsed two centuries after
its establishment. Characterized by
fortifications of cyclopean stone masonry
and gateways with portal sculpture.
7.
Nebuchadnezzar II captured Jerusalem and
has been associated with the architectural
wonders of Babylon
8.
A great military power. palaces took
precedence over religious buildings.
9.
Cyrus the Great defeated the babylonians.
Architecture developed under the
achaemenid dynasty of kings.
10.
Assyrian winged bull
11.
A pattern along the top of a parapet.
12.
Mesopotamian courtyard to which all the
rooms opened to.
13.
Building that houses the Entu priestesses
14.
Artificial mountains made of tiered
rectangular layers which rose in number from
one to seven in the course of mesopotamian
history.
15.
Entrance gate to the palace of sargon,
named after the goddess of war, fertility and
love.