Question

_______ is an ancient region of southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
(1 point)
Responses

Egypt
Egypt

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia

Sudan
Sudan

Mesopotamia


The _______ invented the wheel.
(1 point)
Responses

Sumerians
Sumerians

Babylonians
Babylonians

Egyptians
Egyptians

English

The Sumerian writing system is called _______.
(1 point)
Responses

cuneiform
cuneiform

propaganda
propaganda

hieroglyphs
hieroglyphs

petroglyphs

The ________ were a Semitic group that moved into the Fertile Crescent after 2000 B.C.
(1 point)
Responses

Sumerians
Sumerians

Amorites
Amorites

Babylonians
Babylonians

Egyptians

The _______ were the founders of algebra and astronomy.
(1 point)
Responses

Egyptians
Egyptians

Babylonians
Babylonians

Sumerians
Sumerians

Amorites

Sumerians were the first people to use the _______ shape for religious structures.
(1 point)
Responses

square
square

cross
cross

pyramid
pyramid

wheel

A ziggurat is what kind of pyramid?.
(1 point)
Responses

Ziggurats are not pyramids
Ziggurats are not pyramids

a step pyramid
a step pyramid

a round pyramid
a round pyramid

a regular pyramid

_______ was the most common building element of ziggurats.
(1 point)
Responses

Metal
Metal

Wood
Wood

Clay
Clay

Rock

Much Sumerian art was created as _______.
(1 point)
Responses

propaganda.
propaganda.

religious pieces.
religious pieces.

monuments
monuments

decoration.
decoration.

Gudea of Lagash was a renowned _______ ruler.
(1 point)
Responses

English
English

Babylonian
Babylonian

Sumerian
Sumerian

Eygptian

Answer 1

1. **Mesopotamia** is an ancient region of southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

2. The **Sumerians** invented the wheel.

3. The Sumerian writing system is called **cuneiform**.

4. The **Amorites** were a Semitic group that moved into the Fertile Crescent after 2000 B.C.

5. The **Babylonians** were the founders of algebra and astronomy.

6. Sumerians were the first people to use the **ziggurat** shape for religious structures.

7. A ziggurat is a **step pyramid**.

8. **Clay** was the most common building element of ziggurats.

9. Much Sumerian art was created as **religious pieces**.

10. Gudea of Lagash was a renowned **Sumerian** ruler.