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1
What word means "wedge-shaped" writing?
Mesopotamia
Cuneiform
Script
Hieroglyphics
2
What word means to believe in multiple gods?
Atheist
Federalist
Polytheistic
Monotheistic
3
Which of these civilizations treated conquered people with tolerance?
Akkad
Persia
Babylon
Egypt
4
The Middle East is the "Crossroad of _______ Continents".
Three
Four
Eight
Two
5
A war-like culture was very important to which civilization?
Sumerians
Assyrians
Hyksos
Babylonians
6
Which word means "Land Between Two Rivers"?
Mesopotamia
Ziggurat
Cuneiform
Pyramid
7
Who was the world's first emperor?
Sargon
Assurbanipal
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar
8
What is this a picture of?
Ishtar Gate
Pyramid at Giza
Hanging Gardens
Ziggurat
9
The Persian philosopher who believed in monotheism with a single wise god named Ahura-Mazda.
Ghandi
Jesus
Zoroaster
Mohammed
10
Which of these was a type of crime in Hammurabi's Criminal Law structure?
Murder
Contracts
Realty
Divorce
11
Which civilization ushered in the Iron Age with their development of Iron ore?
Hittites
Sumer
Mesopotamia
Babylon
12
Which of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World did Nebuchadnezzar build?
Colossus
Hanging Gardens
Pyramids
Lighthouse at Alexandria
13
What did a scribe use to write with?
feather
pencil
branch
stylus
14
Who did Hammurabi name as the chief god of all Babylonian gods?
Zeus
Nike
Allah
Marduk
15
How many laws were in Hammurabi's Code?
400
100
300
200
16
Which of these was not a type of Civil Law in Hammurabi's structure?
Property
Marriage
Lawsuits
Assault
17
Which Sumerian "folk hero" was always searching for immortality?
Sargon
Gilgamesh
Hammurabi
Inanie
18
Who came up with a common system of weights and measures for Persia?
Zoroaster
Darius I
Buddha
Alexander
19
Which civilization was sea traders that were known for their purple dye?
Akkad
Phoenicians
Persia
Greeks
20
Who was a ruthless and aggressive ruler of Babylon?
Nebuchadnezzar
Assurbanipal
Cyrus
Sargon