What is the significance of the Fertile Cresent?

Location of first civilizations

What is the difference between prehistory and ancient history

Written record of ancient but not prehistory

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Ancient Civilizations

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This quiz is covering Ancient History and Civliatations, Mesopotamia, and Hebrews and Judaism #worldhistory

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1
Ancient history is defined as
written records
anything before 1900
prehistory
The study of ancient Egypt and Rome
2
Between which rivers in the Fertile Cresent located?
Nile and Euphrates
Tigris and Euphrates
Indus and Nile
The Yellow and Indus
3
What is the significance of the Fertile Cresent?
Site of 7 wonders of the world
Location of first human community
Location birth of Judaism
Location of first civilizations
4
What is the Torah?
The Ten Commandments
the first 5 books of the Bible
the Old Testament
the Bible
5
How many years ago is 1750 B.C. if the current year is 2015?
3765
258
2015
1750
6
What language is Anno Domini written in?
Latin
Sumerian
Greek
Roman
7
Which was not an early Mesopotamian civilization?
Assyria
Akkad
Babylon
Persia
8
What does the abbreviation A.D. stand for?
after dead
Anno Domini
Agustus Domini
after dark
9
What is the difference between prehistory and ancient history
Written record of ancient but not prehistory
Ancient history is anything B.C.
prehistory is anything B.C.
Anything after fall of Rome
10
What does Anno Domini mean?
In the year Jesus was born
In the year of our Lord
none of these
In the year Jesus died
11
What is one thing that distinguishes one civilization from another?
none of these
types of crops
language
types of weapons
12
Who do scholars think invented the wheel?
The Akkadians
The Hittites
The Sumerians
The Babylonians
13
Where is Mesopotamia located?
none of these
near Judah
along the banks of the Nile
in the Fertile Cresent
14
In the ancient world, political divisions between areas were called
cities
city-states
empires
states
15
Which of the following is a component of a civilization?
hunting in groups
the use of fire
a written language
living in a community
16
Why is the B.C. andA.D. dating system controversial?
No one reads latin
No one can agree on dates
not everyone is a Christian
Not everyone practices Judaism
17
What was the first form of writing called?
scribist
cuneiform
Sanskrit
hieroglyphs
18
What does Mesopotamia mean?
land of the first peoples
land of the ancient ones
land along the river
land between two rivers
19
Where is the Fertile Cresent?
Asia
North America
The Middle East
Africa
20
What does B.C. mean?
Before Christ
Before Carthage
Before Cable
before Caesar

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