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Ancient Mesopotamia
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1) "land between two rivers"
A
Fertile Crescent
B
Mesopotamia
C
Iraq
D
Nile River
2) Into what body of water do the Tigris and Euphrates rivers flow?
A
Mediterranean Sea
B
Persian Gulf
C
Red Sea
D
Caspian Sea
3) How were the people of the Fertile Crescent able to regulate the amount of water flowing into the canals?
A
use of gates
B
use of ditches
C
growing more crops
D
filter water
4) Which is NOT a parallel between early Mesopotamia and early Egypt?
A
developed methods to water land
B
harsh lands watered by rivers
C
surpluses and agriculture
D
located in western Asia
5) Why did cuneiform symbols grow less picture-like as time passed?
A
scribes simplified the symbols to write faster
B
a new King ordered them to
C
needed more letters in the alphabet
D
bored with the old writing
6) What role did the king’s palace play in a city-state?
A
center of trade
B
center of government
C
where currency was made
D
place to worship gods
7) What brought on the collapse of the Sumerian Empire?
A
attack by foreign invaders
B
rebellion against it by the city-states
C
natural disaster
D
laws were broken
8) What is NOT a MAJOR advantage to a society of having a written code?
A
all citizens new punishment for crime
B
keeping records
C
all citizens knew the laws
D
write diary entries
9) What is NOT an example of what made New Babylon magnificent?
A
gridded streets
B
sewer system
C
huge boats
D
100 foot ziggurat
10) How was the Hebrews’ religion different from those of their Fertile Crescent neighbors?
A
more followers
B
polytheistic
C
monotheistic
D
worshipped more
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