Arabia and Iraq quiz.

1. What role did Arabia and Iraq play?

- A key role in world history

2. Write the meaning of "civilization”

- Culture that has a written language and in which people have

many different kinds of jobs

3. Who were the Sumerians?

- Lived on 3000 b.C, invented cuneiform.

4. What did Sumerians invent?

- They invented cuneiform; this kind of writing uses wedge-

shaped marks on clay tablets

5. Write the meaning of "Mesopotamia"

- Between the rivers

6. What was the style of living of the people from Mesopotamia?

- For thousands of years, people lived by hunting, fishing, and

gathering wild plants

7. Which activities did people from Southwest Asia develop?

- About 10.000 years ago, people in southwest Asia began to plant

crops and raise animals

8. What happened in the 3000s B.C. ?

- They created the world’s first writing system, which is called

cuneiform.

9. What did Sumerians build in that time?

- They built irrigation canals and invented mathematics and the

potter’s wheel.

10. Who was Gilgamesh?

- Real sumerian king

11. How many time did Gilgamesh live?

- Around 2700 b.C

12. Who was the King of Akkad´s city?

- King Sargon

13. What happened in 2270 B.C?

- The city state of Babylon built an empire that included all of

Mesopotamia.

14. What´s the meaning of "monotheism"

- Worshiping only one God

15. What the Quran is?

- Holy Book of Islam that collected and preserved messages from

the God.
16. Which are the five pillars of the Islam?

- Declaration of Faith

- Prayer

- Giving Alms

- Fasting during Ramadan

- Pilgrimage

17. What the Caliph is?

- Muslim’s political and religious leaders

18. What did Muslim empire control?

- Key trade routes between Asia, Africa and Europe.