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Unit 3 - Fertile Crescent Review
Unit 3 - Fertile Crescent Review
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Unit 3 Review
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1
What influenced where people were able to settle in one place?
access to fertile soil for crops
plants to gather
businesses
animals for hunting
2
What do we call the area of Mesopotamia?
Awesome Area
Fertile Farmland
Fertile Crescent
Messy Monster
3
Why was the soil so fertile in the Fertile Crescent?
rains kept the ground wet
the climate was mild
the Mediterranean Sea ran into the area
river flooding left behind silt
4
Who ruled the Babylonian Empire?
the gods
Sargon
Zeus
Hammurabi
5
Which of the following was an accomplishment of the Akkadians?
using iron for weapons
building the first ziggurat
a system of weights and measures
the 12 month calendar
6
What is irrigation?
a river in Mespotamia
flooding of rivers
method of watering crops
ships used to trade
7
How was the first empire in Mesopotamia created?
Sargon signed a peace treaty with the Babylonians
Sargon conquered other city-states
Sargon sailed trade routes around the Mediterranean Sea
Sargon overthrew the king ruling the land
8
What was the temple where the Sumerians worshiped their gods?
pyramid
ruler's palace
xylophone
ziggurat
9
Sargon was the king of which first empire in Mesopotamia?
Assyrians
Babylonians
Akkadians
Neo-Babylonians (Chaldeans)
10
Which of the following is NOT an empire of Mesopotamia?
Assyria
Syria
Babylonia
Akkadia
11
Who is the main character in the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Enkidu - BFF of Gilgamesh
Ninsun - Mesopotamian goddess
Gilgamesh - a Sumerian ruler
Lugalbanda - King of Uruk
12
Around what rivers were the Mesopotamian civilizations located?
Amazon
Tigris and Euphrates
Nile
Indus
13
Who made up the upper group of the social class structure in ancient Mesopotamia?
artisans
kings, priests
farmers, merchants
enslaved people
14
Which of the following was NOT an accomplishment of the Phoenicians?
purple dye
first alphabet
glass mirrors
trading ships
15
Early people settled in civilizations needed to live near what in order to survive?
deserts
mountains
animals to hunt
rivers
16
Where did people believe the power to rule came from in ancient Mesopotamia?
the river
the people
no one
the gods
17
Why was job specialization able to happen in ancient Mesopotamia?
nomadic lifestyle
growing food surpluses
writing system
hunting and gathering
18
Why did the Phoenician civilization end?
they had no ruler to take over
they did not have a land army
Carthage took over the area
they did not have any ships
19
What do we call the first written law code that are considered strict today?
Babylon's Code of Law
Eudeikisland's Code of Law
Hammurabi's Code of Law
Hattie's Code of Law
20
Which civilization had the colony of Carthage?
Akkadians
Babylonians
Assyrians
Phoenicians
21
What is cuneiform?
paintings
tracking taxes
characters written on clay
drawings on wood
22
What language was the Epic of Gilgamesh written in?
cuneiform
Akkadian
Summerian
English
