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


please make sure every answer is coorect and provide an answer key

Answer 1

Here are the correct answers along with an answer key:

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

2. **The _______ invented the wheel.**
- **Answer:** Sumerians

3. **The Sumerian writing system is called _______.**
- **Answer:** cuneiform

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

5. **The _______ were the founders of algebra and astronomy.**
- **Answer:** Babylonians

6. **Sumerians were the first people to use the _______ shape for religious structures.**
- **Answer:** pyramid

7. **A ziggurat is what kind of pyramid?**
- **Answer:** a step pyramid

8. **_______ was the most common building element of ziggurats.**
- **Answer:** Clay

9. **Much Sumerian art was created as _______.**
- **Answer:** religious pieces.

10. **Gudea of Lagash was a renowned _______ ruler.**
- **Answer:** Sumerian

### Answer Key:
1. Mesopotamia
2. Sumerians
3. cuneiform
4. Amorites
5. Babylonians
6. pyramid
7. a step pyramid
8. Clay
9. religious pieces.
10. Sumerian