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General Mesopotamian History Trivia Quiz

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A multiple-choice quiz by wdstk. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
wdstk

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
281,170

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What does the name Mesopotamia mean? Hint

Land between the rivers

Middle settlements

Land of city-states

Palace places

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Question 2 of 10

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

Linear A

Hieroglyphs

Linear B

Cuneiform

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Question 3 of 10

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

Nile and Congo

Euphrates and Tigris

Tiber and Arno

Indus and Ganges

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Question 4 of 10

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

Memphis

Kadesh

Eridu

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Question 5 of 10

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

Dias

Pyramid

Temple Mount

Ziggurat

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Question 6 of 10

6. What did the Mesopotamians write on? Hint

Papyrus

Clay

Parchment

Animal skins

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who was NOT a major Mesopotamian god? Hint

Enlil

Isis

Enki

Nanna/Sin

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Question 8 of 10

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

Ba'al

Sargon

Hammurabi

Gilgamesh

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Question 9 of 10

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

Colossus

Mausoleum

Light House

Hanging Gardens

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was a major excavator in Mesopotamia? Hint

Howard Carter

Charles Leonard Wooley

Arthur Evans

Heinrich Schliemann

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

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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