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Mesopotamia and The Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamia and The Fertile Crescent
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A review of Chapter 3 over Mesopotamia and The Fertile Crescent
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1
What are the man made waterways used for irrigation called?
channels
Canals
terraces
Pivots
2
The area of land stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf is called?
The Great Arab Basket
Mesopotamia
Arab Spring
The Fertile Crescent
3
This leader of the Sumerians was to have been found floating down a river in a basket as a baby
Antonio
Gilgamsesh
Sargon
Nebachadnezzar
4
The social hierarchy put who at the top?
the priests
the farmer
the merchant
the king
5
A surplus of food made it so not everyone had to farm but could do other jobs, we call this?
Division of Labor
Multiplication of Force
Social Hierarchy
Career Cooperation
6
Which person was taught and able to read and write?
the king
the priest
the scribe
the merchant
7
A large area of land with different territories and peoples under one rule.
the fertile crescent
an empire
a civilization
a city-state
8
What made up a City-State?
a large empire
an urban area
a city and the all the countryside around it
the farm-ground
9
Which of the following is
NOT
true of the first writing system?
It was a complex alphabet consisting of 1000s of characters
It began with the use of pictures to represent objects
It was recorded on clay tablets
It was first used to keep business records
10
What was the most important contribution of the Phoenicians to our civilization?
sailing ships
founding of Carthage
purple dye
their alphabet
11
A set of letters that can be combined to make words:
alphabet
cuneiform
a code
pictographs
12
What is silt?
The original alphabet
a crop grown in the fertile crescent
a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
a boat used to go up and down a river
13
A long poem that told the story of a hero was called?
an odyssey
a tale
an epic
a waste of time
14
Who was higher in the social hierarchy?
The Merchant
The Priest
15
In Sumerian Society, people's social class or rank depended on their wealth and their:
location
religion
occupation
appearance
16
What is architecture?
the science of technologyt
the science of arches
the science of space
the science of building
17
An excess of food was created by irrigation, we call this excess a?
surplus
bounty
abundance
wealth
18
Polytheism is:
the ability to write
the worship of many gods
a system of planting crops
the worship of one god
19
What two rivers border Mesopotamia?
Rhine
Ganges
Euphrates
Tigris
20
Hammurabi's Code is important in world history because it was an early:
writing that could be used to record important events
set of symbols that allowed the Sumerians to communicate
written list of laws that controlled people's daily life
record-keeping system that enabled people to become traders
21
Of which did the Sumerians invent?
plows
the wheel
sewers
the 12 month calendar
22
All of the following ancient civilizations developed in Mesopotamia except the:
Akkadians
Sumerians
Babylonians
Egyptians
23
What was the world's first system of writing?
heiroglyphs
pictographs
polytheism
cuneiform
24
A set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life:
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Hammurabi's Code
The Constitution
Magna Carta
25
This King helped establish the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and was the ruler of the Chaldeans?
Alexander
Sargon
Hammurabi
Nebuchanezzar
26
A pyramid shaped temple tower:
a synagogue
a mosque
a church
a ziggurat
27
The job of a priest is to:
Perform Religious Ceremonies
Interpret the actions of the gods
Coordinate Celebrations of Holidays
Guide the King to Lead his people
28
A wheeled horse drawn cart used in battle:
babylon
a scribe
a chariot
nebuchadnezzar
29
What is a monarch?
a bridge used for transportation
a lion
a butterfly
a ruler of a kingdom or empire
30
The social hierarchy put who at the bottom?
The Laborer
The Slave
The King
The Priest
