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- 1. Multiple Choice
This picture shows an area known as the..Farming CurveFertile CrescentGreen CFertile Curve - 2. Multiple ChoiceCivilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?the Persian Gulf and the Mediterraneanthe Tigris and the Persian Gulfthe Persian Gulf and the Euphratesthe Euphrates and the Tigris
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWho wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?GilgameshHammarabuiNinevehSargon
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe Sumerian writing system was calledCuneiformHieroglyphsEnglishSargon
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following were members of the upper class?kings and priestsartisansmerchants and tradersscribes
- 6. Multiple ChoiceA Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called ascribe.cradle.Gilgamesh.ziggurat.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceThe few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?artisansscribesheads of householdsmerchants
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the main religion of the Sumerians?MonotheismChristianityPolytheismJudaism
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhy was Sargon important?He united Babylon to create the first empireHe united Mesopotamia and created the first EmpireHe united Mesopotamia and made the first civilizationHe united Babylon and created the first civilization
- 10. Multiple ChoiceA city with political and economic control over the surrounding countrysideCity-StateCountryVilliageCulture
- 11. Multiple ChoiceBabylonian leader who created the first written code of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily lifeGilgameshSargonHammurabiSumer
- 12. Multiple ChoiceCurved strip of land that runs from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian GulfMesopotamiaFertile CrescentsiltBabylon
- 13. Multiple ChoiceSumerian artisans, merchants, farmers, and fishers made up this group.business classlower classmiddle classupper class
- 14. Multiple ChoiceBuilding dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to cropsirrigationnomadszigguratscribes
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe word "Mesopotamia" meansmiddle of the fertile crescentland in the middle of the desertland between the riversland north of the sea
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat does a scribe do for a living?cookpaintfightwrite
- 17. Multiple ChoiceA payment made to a ruler as a sign of surrendertaxcontributiontributedonation
- 18. Multiple ChoiceA group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large group of camelscaravanposseentouragesecurity detail
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