Question 1
How is the Nile River different from the rivers in Mesopotamia?
a. It never rises or falls, but flows steadily year-round.
b. It frequently goes dry, leaving the land barren.
c. It is subject to violent, unpredictable floods.
d. It floods predictably at the same time every year.
e. It was a dry shell for ten months of the year.
Question 2
In Mesopotamian society, women had the right to
a. control some of the offices in the priesthood.
b. engage in sexual relationships outside of marriage.
c. decide whether to have children or not.
d. decide which of her sons would receive an inheritance.
e. refuse to do housework if her husband engaged in an adulterous affair.