7. What is an ancient human society with its own community organization and culture?
Community
Village
Civilization
Empire
Why do we know more about the code of Hammurabi than other ancient laws?
It was mentioned by all of the ancient historians.
It was carved in stone and displayed in a public square.
It was written down and passed to everyone.
Many copies of it were stored in libraries.
The two rivers are the the _________________________________________.
Tiger and Euphrates
Tigris and Euphrates
North and South
Tigers and Elephants
Irrigate means_____________________.
to control the water of the rivers.
to farm the land.
to domesticate animals.
to divide the social classes.
Why was the land in Mesopotamia so great for farming?
It was far from any water sources.
There were many animals around.
Animals were domesticed.
The soil is very rich and fertile.
The king and his royal family were at the top of the social order; directly under them were...
farmers, artisans, scribes, and merchants.
mountain men an.d mountain women (slaves)
priests
doctors and lawyers.
One of the oldest written laws written in Ancient Mesopotamia.
The Bible
Magna Carta
Code of Hammurabi
The Iliad
What were the major achievements in Mesopotamia?
steel making, library of Nineveh, farming, wheel
writing, commerce, trade, clay tablets
wheel, farming, writing, mathematics, bronze
chariots, iron weapons, clay tablets, writing
How did Mesopotamia keep records?
Religious artifacts
Cuneiform
Stories and fables
Word of mouth
What is Mesopotamia?
a fertile valley between the Caucasus and Ural mountains
a fertile valley between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
a desert city in Egypt
a desert city in Tibet
What was the Mesopotamian Religion?
Muslim
Christianity
monotheism
Polytheistic
What was the status of women in early Mesopotamian cultures?
They were, in essence, property, according to cuneiform text
They had gender parallelism, according to images in tombs
They were priestesses, according to The Epic of Gilgamesh
They had some rights, according to the Code of Hammurabi
Who was the first great ruler in Mesopotamia?
Mrs. Rodriguez
Marduk
Hammurabi
Sargon
Mesopotamia began around the year __________.
3,500 BC
3,500 AD
3,000 BC
3,000 AD
___________ were used for religious ceremonies, to teach cuneiform, and meetings with the king.
Pyramids
Ziggurats
Temples
In ancient Mesopotamia, hierarchy of scale was a convention that indicated ______.
the power of money
order of the gods
the first families
order of importance
The ziggurats in Mesopotamia were built because---
The ruling emperor needed a tomb
a temple to convert and educate the poor
nobles wanted a building to be located in the center of town
They were like a ladder between the sky and the earth
People who made things like pottery, sculpture, jewelry, or cloth we call…?
artisans
craftsmen or craftspeople
priests
merchants
What were the privileged social classes in Mesopotamia ?
Farmers
Slaves
King/ priests / officials and scribes
Mesopotamian people were polytheistic. This means they...
worshiped many gods.
worshiped one god.
worshiped animals.
worshiped polygons.
The _________________ was the head of the government and the laws in Ancient Mesopotamia.
king
nobles
priest
merchants