_______ 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

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.