Unit Name: Archaelogy, the Stone Age and Mesopotamia

Quiz Created By: Terry Zheng

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1. Where was Mesopotamia located?
   
   
   
   A) Between the Tigris and the Euphrates
   B) Next to the Nile River
   C) South of the Persian Gulf
   D) West of Egypt
   




2. Which king was the first to unite Mesopotamia?
   
   
   
   A) Nebuchadnezzar II
   B) Hammurabi
   C) Sargon the Great
   D) Ashurnasirpal II
   




3. Which Mesopotamian civilization invented writing and the 60 second minute?
   
   
   
   A) Akkad
   B) Bablyon
   C) Assyria
   D) Sumer
   




4. Which Mesopotamian civilization became merged with the Persian empire?
   
   
   
   A) Sumer
   B) Assyria
   C) Akkad
   D) Babylon
   




5. What does polytheistic mean?
   
   
   
   A) Worshipped one god
   B) Worshipped two gods
   C) Worshipped many gods
   D) Did not worship any gods
   




6. What is a ziggurat?
   
   
   
   A) A temple used to worship the gods
   B) A tomb for deceased royalty
   C) A grand palace
   D) A burial ground
   




7. How many laws did the Code of Hammurabi contain?
   
   
   
   A) approx. 100
   B) approx. 200
   C) approx. 300
   D) approx. 400
   




8. What was cuneiform writing derived from?
   
   
   
   A) Lines
   B) Pictograms
   C) Geometric shapes
   D) Symbols
   




9. Which Mesopotamia civilization was defeated by barbarians?
   
   
   
   A) Babylon
   B) Sumer
   C) Assyria
   D) Akkad
   




10. What was found at the Royal Tombs of Ur?
    
    
    
    A) A mummy with an ancient curse
    B) A massive grave containing the bodies of a king and his subjects
    C) Rooms filled with clay statues watching over the dead king
    D) Rooms filled with cursed riches
    

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