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Quiz about General Mesopotamian History
Quiz about General Mesopotamian History

General Mesopotamian History Trivia Quiz


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A multiple-choice quiz by wdstk. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
wdstk
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
281,170
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
3459
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
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Question 1 of 10
1. What does the name Mesopotamia mean? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What was the writing system of Mesopotamia called? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What are the two main rivers of Mesopotamia? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What city was NOT part of the Fertile Crescent? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. What was the name of the high platform that the main cult temple sat on? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What did the Mesopotamians write on? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Who was NOT a major Mesopotamian god? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Who established one of the first Law Codes? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was in Babylon, Mesopotamia? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Who was a major excavator in Mesopotamia? Hint



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1. What does the name Mesopotamia mean?

Answer: Land between the rivers

Those two rivers are the Euphrates and Tigris. At one time they emptied into the Persian Gulf separately. That area all silted in and the rivers become what is now known as the Shatt-al-Arab waterway, which empties into the Persian Gulf.
2. What was the writing system of Mesopotamia called?

Answer: Cuneiform

Hieroglyphs were used in Egypt and Linear A and B on Crete.
3. What are the two main rivers of Mesopotamia?

Answer: Euphrates and Tigris

The Nile and Congo are in Africa, the Tiber and Arno are in Italy while the Indus and Ganges are in India. At one time the Tigris and Euphrates emptied into the Persian Gulf separately. That area all silted in and the rivers become what is now known as the Shatt-al-Arab waterway, which empties into the Persian Gulf.
4. What city was NOT part of the Fertile Crescent?

Answer: Memphis

Ancient Memphis was in Egypt, near modern day Cairo. It was the capital of lower Egypt.
5. What was the name of the high platform that the main cult temple sat on?

Answer: Ziggurat

The temple on top of the Ziggurat housed the cult statue of the main city god.
The average person never used the long flight of stairs to get to the top. That was for the priests. Ziggurats are made of mud bricks with layers of reed mats and are solid through and through.
6. What did the Mesopotamians write on?

Answer: Clay

When you are between two rivers you have a lot of mud and clay. They used a reed stylus to write on the tablets.
7. Who was NOT a major Mesopotamian god?

Answer: Isis

Enlil was air, Enki was lord of the Earth, wisdom, magic and of sweetwaters and rain, Nanna/Sin was the Moon and Isis was a goddess in Egypt.
8. Who established one of the first Law Codes?

Answer: Hammurabi

The stele now resides in the Louvre. It contains 282 laws.
9. Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was in Babylon, Mesopotamia?

Answer: Hanging Gardens

Hanging Gardens -- Babylon, Colossus -- Rhodes, Light House -- Alexandria and Mausoleum -- Halicarnassus.

Nebuchadnezzar built the Hanging Gardens for his wife.
10. Who was a major excavator in Mesopotamia?

Answer: Charles Leonard Wooley

Wooley excavated Ur, Carter worked in Egypt (Tut), Evans in Knossos and Schliemann in Mycenae and Troy.
Source: Author wdstk

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