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