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Picture symbols used for written communication
a) irrigation
b) line Graphs
c) Pictographs
d)

A division of society by rank or class
a) Social hierarchy
b) rural
c) pyramid
d)

The worship of many gods
a) rural
b) social hierarchy
c) polytheism
d)

Loacted in the countryside
a) rural
b) urban
c) pictographs
d)

A way of supplying water to an area of land.
a) pictographs
b) irrigation
c) urban
d)

A large arc of farmland
a) Chariot
b) Fertile Crescent
c) pictographs
d)

Located in cities
a) Urban
b) Rural
c) grassland
d)

A set of letters that can be combined to form words
a) epic
b) alphabet
c) monarch
d)

Mesopotamian farmers built canals to irrigate their fields.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Sumerian cities were dominated by?
a) palaces
b) temples
c) food markets
d)

Babylon;s most powerful Monarch who created an important Babylon and a code of law.
a) Hammurabi
b) irrigation
c) Sumer
d)

What technology did the Hittites and Assyrians use in battle?
a) Iron Weapons and Chariots
b) Bows and arrows
c) Fire and Chariots
d)

Which of the following BEST describes Cuneiform?
a) songs and hymns
b) wedge-shaped symbols
c) picture symbols
d)

Who served as the link between the Sumerians and the gods?
a) War Cheifs
b) Farmers
c) Priests
d)

Which two land features gave Mesopotamia its name?
a) Tigris and Euphrates River
b) Fertile Crescent and Mediterranean Sea
c) Nile River and Tigris River
d)

Long poems that tell the story of a hero
a) song
b) epic
c) empire
d)

A ruler of a kingdom or empire
a) monarch
b) cuneiform
c) president
d)

A set of letters that can be combined to form words
a) alphabet
b) empire
c) chariot
d)

A wheeled, horse-drawn battle cart
a) monarch
b) cuneiform
c) chariot
d)

THe first writing system which used wedge-shaped wymbols
a) cuneiform
b) urban
c) hieroglyphics
d)

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