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1
Who started the Assyrian Empire?
Hammurabi
Tilglath-Pileser III
Cyrus the Great
Sargon the Great
2
This is the belief in one god.
monothesim
polytheism
ethical monotheism
3
The Jewish Diaspora started when…
Jews left Egypt
The Babylonians conquered Jerusalem
The Kingdom of Israel had a Civil War
The Assyrians Conquered Israel
4
Who invented the world’s first alphabet?
Persians and Medes
Assyrians
Babylonians
Phoenicians
5
Judaism is different from the other ancient religions because...
Judaism said the other religions were too old
Judaism held that there was one God who set down laws about right and wrong
Judaism said there were many gods
Judaism said the gods gave them their laws
6
Who ruled the Babylonian Empire (the first one)?
Cyrus the Great
Sargon the Great
Tilglath-Pileser III
Hammurabi
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The spreading of cultural traits from one culture to another is known as:
Cultural Expansion
Cultural Diffusion
Cultural Blending
Cultural Shift
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Hammurabi's Code established the rule of law by creating laws for everyone and everyone knew them
False
True
9
Who defeated and deported the Southern Kingdom of Judah?
Chaldeans (Neo-Babylonians)
Assyrians
Persians
Medes
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a set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire
Laws of Bablyon
Laws of the Tablet
Hammurabi's Code
Ur-Nammu Law Code
11
Who defeated and deported the Northern Kingdom of Israel?
Chaldeans (Neo-Babylonians)
Assyrians
Medes
Persians
12
The wheel, irrigation, the wooden plow, cities, cuneiform, bronze, & the sail are Sumrian inventions/achievements.
True
False
13
Who was the first ruler to unite the city-states of Mesopotamia?
Nebuchadnezzar
Gilgamesh
Hammurabi
Sargon the Great
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area of the Middle East that stretches in a large,crescent-shaped curve from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea
fertile crescent
fertile cynlinder
fertile andor
fertile moon
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What is ethical monotheism and how does it relate to Judaism?
Believed that you must always listen to your rabbi
Believed in many gods that each ruled over a part of their life
1 God who made rules about right & wrong including 10 commandments
If you commit sins you will not be allowed to go to heaven.
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What was the purpose of Hammurabi's Code?
Everyone else was creating laws
To make sure everyone in his empire knew the law and to protect the weak
Because Hammurabi wanted to
Hammurabi got bored
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A common set of values and beliefs shared by Judaism and Christianity.
Jesus tradition
Judeo-Christian tradition
Abraham-Jesus tradition
Yoda-Luke tradition
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This was written in cuneiform and is one of the first literary pieces written in cuneiform.
Epic of Hammurabi
Epic of Sumer
Epic of Bablyon
Epic of Gilgamesh
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Who led the Persians and led them to victory over the Medes?
Sargon the Great
Tilglath-Pileser III
Hammurabi
Cyrus the Great
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The Jewish holiday that celebrated the Exodus and God freeing the Jews from slavery in Egypt.
Passover
Pentecost
Day of Atonement
Purim
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This is the belief in many gods.
ethical monotheism
monothesim
polytheism
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This is the belief that there is ONLY one God.
ethical monotheism
polytheism
monothesim
23
Sumer important to world history because it was the world's first civilization.
Mr. Stetz is a beast
True
History is the best class
False
24
How were religion and government related in ancient societies?
Priests and kings were related to each other
Kings went to the temple to worship
Priests chose kings and kings respected priests becuase they needed them
Priests visited the kings when needed
25
pyramid-shaped brick towers used for worship in Mesopotamia
ziggurat
temple worship things
tower with lots of steps.
pyramid
26
Darius created laws that were the same in all territories & divided the empire into provinces with a leader for each.
True
False
27
Ninevah was the center of Hammurabi’s empire.
True
Maybe
Perhaps
False
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Who conquered the Neo-Babylonians?
Chaldeans (Neo-Babylonians)
Sumerians
Assyrians
Medes and Persians
29
Cuneiform is a a system of writing that uses triangular-shaped wedges
False
True
30
Fighting among city-states led to the conquest of Sumer.
False
True
31
Mesopotamia means...
best land in the town
land across two rivers
land between two rivers
land from the two rivers
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The oral teachings that were passed down by Pharisees
Talmud
Bible
Torah
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