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Quiz Created By: Michael Donnelly

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1. Neanderthals were the first people, and originated in…?
   
   
   
   A) Iraq
   B) Africa
   C) Southern Europe
   D) Eastern Asia
   




2. The Neanderthals were eventually wiped out by…?
   
   
   
   A) Plague
   B) Lack of resources
   C) Homo sapiens spaiens
   D) Natural disasters
   




3. The _______ where the fiercest people in Mesopotamia?
   
   
   
   A) Babylonians
   B) Sumerians
   C) Acadians
   D) Assyrians
   




4. The______ were the ones who created the first written law?
   
   
   
   A) Babylonians
   B) Sumerians
   C) Acadians
   D) Assyrians
   




5. The ______ invented the first form of writing called _______?
   
   
   
   A) Assyrians, Uniform
   B) Babylonians, Pictography
   C) Acadians, Hieroglyphics
   D) Sumerians, Cuneiform
   




6. Mesopotamia was an ideal place for living because of?
   
   
   
   A) High Mountains Range
   B) Natural Levees
   C) Natural Dykes
   D) Natural Ditches/Trenches
   




7. Ziggurats are…?
   
   
   
   A) Tombs for Kings
   B) Marketplace for Barter
   C) Temple to the Gods
   D) Palace for Kings
   




8. The Babylonian King ______ made the first written laws?
   
   
   
   A) Hammurabi
   B) Sargon the Great
   C) Imhotep
   D) Marc Antony
   




9. Who united lower Mesopotamia?
   
   
   
   A) Assyrians
   B) Sumerians
   C) Babylonians
   D) Akkadians
   




10. The Akkadians were wiped out by?
    
    
    
    A) Babylonians
    B) Assyrians
    C) Barbarians
    D) Sumerians
    

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