_______ is an ancient region of southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

Question

(1 point)
Responses

Egypt
Egypt

Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia

Sudan
Sudan

Mesopotamia

Answer 1

Mesopotamia

Answer 2

The _______ invented the wheel.
(1 point)
Responses

Sumerians
Sumerians

Babylonians
Babylonians

Egyptians
Egyptians

English

Answer 3

Sumerians

Answer 4

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

cuneiform
cuneiform

propaganda
propaganda

hieroglyphs
hieroglyphs

petroglyphs

Answer 5

cuneiform

Answer 6

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

Answer 7

Amorites

Answer 8

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

Egyptians
Egyptians

Babylonians
Babylonians

Sumerians
Sumerians

Amorites

Answer 9

Babylonians

Answer 10

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

square
square

cross
cross

pyramid
pyramid

wheel

Answer 11

pyramid

Answer 12

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

Answer 13

a step pyramid

Answer 14

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

Metal
Metal

Wood
Wood

Clay
Clay

Rock

Answer 15

Clay

Answer 16

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

propaganda.
propaganda.

religious pieces.
religious pieces.

monuments
monuments

decoration.

Answer 17

religious pieces.

Answer 18

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

English
English

Babylonian
Babylonian

Sumerian
Sumerian

Eygptian

Answer 19

Sumerian