Mesopotamia Vocabulary Quiz
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This word means a demi-god that possessed super human strength.
A. Hammurabi’s Code
B. Gilgamesh
C. Cuneiform
D. Oud
This word means a wedge shaped writing due to triangular tip of stylus.
A. Cuneiform
B. Levees
C. Patriarchal
D. Ziggurat
This word means the process of inheriting a title, office, or property.
A. Gilgamesh
B. City-State
C. Succession
D. Polytheistic
This word means the expulsion or attempted expulsion of an evil spirit from a person or place.
A. Cuneiform
B. Exorcism
C. Levees
D. Oud
The word means a land between two rivers, from Ancient Greek.
A. Mesopotamia
B. Gilgamesh
C. Hammurabi’s Code
D. Patriarchal
This word means the authority of a state to govern itself.
A. Sovereignty
B. Hammurabi’s Code
C. Mesopotamia
D. Exorcism
The word means a base 60 Math system.
A. City-State
B. Sexagesimal
C. Cuneiform
D. Levees
This word means a series of 282 laws that were laws of retribution.
A. Hammurabi’s Code
B. Gilgamesh
C. Mesopotamia
D. Cuneiform
This word means the sun is the center of the solar system and the planets rotate around the sun.
A. Mesopotamia
B. Heliocentric
C. Cuneiform
D. City-State
This word is the belief in many gods that control various aspects of the physical and natural world.
A. Heliocentric
B. Leeves
C. Polytheistic
D. Succession
This word means a step pyramid which served as a temple.
A. Oud
B. Polytheistic
C. Hammurabi’s Code
D. Ziggurat
This word means a small stringed instrument similar to a lute.
A. Cuneiform
B. Oud
C. Gilgamesh
D. Heliocentric
This word means an embankment built to prevent the overflow of a river.
A. City-State
B. Cuneiform
C. Leeves
D. Oud
This word means a society where men are valued more than women.
A. Patriarchal
B. Hammurabi’s Code
C. Polytheistic
D. City-State
This word means a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
A. City-State
B. Cuneiform
C. Mesopotamia
D. Oud