Mesopotamia Trivia: The Cradle of Civilization

Mesopotamia means 'land between rivers'. Which two rivers does the name refer to?

• The Nile and the Tigris
• The Tigris and the Euphrates
• The Euphrates and the Indus
• The Jordan and the Euphrates

Which people built Mesopotamia's first great cities, such as Uruk and Ur?

• The Akkadians
• The Babylonians
• The Sumerians
• The Hittites

What writing system did Mesopotamian scribes press into clay tablets with reeds?

• Hieroglyphics
• Cuneiform
• Linear B
• The Phoenician alphabet