_______ is an ancient region of southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
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Responses
Egypt
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Sudan
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia
The _______ invented the wheel.
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Responses
Sumerians
Sumerians
Babylonians
Babylonians
Egyptians
Egyptians
English
Sumerians
The Sumerian writing system is called _______.
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Responses
cuneiform
cuneiform
propaganda
propaganda
hieroglyphs
hieroglyphs
petroglyphs
cuneiform
The ________ were a Semitic group that moved into the Fertile Crescent after 2000 B.C.
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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
Babylonians
Sumerians were the first people to use the _______ shape for religious structures.
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Responses
square
square
cross
cross
pyramid
pyramid
wheel
pyramid
A ziggurat is what kind of pyramid?.
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Responses
Ziggurats are not pyramids
Ziggurats are not pyramids
a step pyramid
a step pyramid
a round pyramid
a round pyramid
a regular pyramid
a step pyramid
_______ was the most common building element of ziggurats.
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Responses
Metal
Metal
Wood
Wood
Clay
Clay
Rock
Clay
Much Sumerian art was created as _______.
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Responses
propaganda.
propaganda.
religious pieces.
religious pieces.
monuments
monuments
decoration.
Gudea of Lagash was a renowned _______ ruler.
(1 point)
Responses
English
English
Babylonian
Babylonian
Sumerian
Sumerian
Eygptian