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  • 1. 
    What is Ancient Mesopotamia sometimes called?

  • The Far East
  • The New World
  • Birthplace of Democracy
  • Cradle of Civilization

  • 2. 
    In what current country is most of Ancient Mesopotamia located?

  • Israel
  • Egypt
  • Iraq
  • Turkey

  • 3. 
    What river or rivers were important to the civilizations of Mesopotamia?

  • Yellow and Yangtze Rivers
  • Amazon River
  • Nile River
  • Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

  • 4. 
    What was the first human civilization formed?

  • Persia
  • Assyria
  • Babylonia
  • Sumer

  • 5. 
    What people were the first to write down and record their system of law?

  • Sumerians
  • Akkadians
  • Persians
  • Babylonians

  • 6. 
    What major invention of the Sumerians had a large impact of the forming of the first civilization?

  • Writing
  • Chariots
  • Iron
  • The sailboat

  • 7. 
    What language was spoken by most of the people throughout the history of Ancient Mesopotamia?

  • Greek
  • Akkadian
  • Latin
  • Egyptian

  • 8. 
    Which civilization was known as a warrior society?

  • Assyrians
  • Athenians
  • Egyptians
  • Sumerians

  • 9. 
    What form of government was first used by the Sumerians?

  • Democracy with each citizen getting vote
  • A monarchy with a king who ruled a city-state
  • An empire with an emperor ruling the entire land
  • They had no government

  • 10. 
    What people put an end to the rule of the Assyrians and the Babylonians?

  • Chinese
  • Greeks
  • Egyptians
  • Persians
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