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Unit 2 Lesson 2: Mesopotamia
Unit 2 Lesson 2: Mesopotamia
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What generally happened when one empire in the ancient Middle East conquered another empire?
The cultures of the conquered and conquering nations blended together.
The government employed people from the conquered and conquering nations.
The new rulers enslaved the people of the conquered nation.
The laws of the conquered nation stayed in effect.
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The 6th King of Babylon, created some terribly harsh laws
Sargon
Hammurabi
Gilgamesh
King Kevin
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The worship of many gods
polyreligion
polytheism
plethoragodism
monotheism
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What aspect of Hittite culture gradually spread across the region?
their writing system
their music
their style of architecture
their technology for extracting iron
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Who invented the wheel, the plow, and writing system?
Akkadians
Babylonians
Assyrians
Sumerians
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A
bank
built along a river to prevent flooding
levees
leaves
earthworks
dams
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How did the Phoenicians' culture spread across the ancient Middle East?
Visitors came to the city of Tyre.
They traded with many peoples.
Their purple dye and tin were very popular trade goods.
They wrote with their new alphabet.
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Mesopotamia was also known as the
cradle of civilization
crib of civilization
cradle of aviation
creation of civilization
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A rule of conduct or action laid down and enforced by the government
code
law
code of conduct
cuneiform
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Supplying the land with water from the river by artificial means_____
irrigation
hydrology
domestication
levees
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The land between two rivers means
Mesopotamia
fertile crescent
Akkad
Uruk
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Phoenicians are know for
Seamen
Pirates
Farmers
Hunter Gather
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A class of record keepers and copiers who were central to the functioning of government
reporter
scribe
tribe
cuneiform
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Why is Hammurabi's Code a great Babylonian achievement?
It made people financially responsible for their military.
It listed all of the powers of the rulers of the empire.
It established laws that created peace and stability.
It created a system of roads that unified the empire.
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A large territory all under control of a single ruler
ziggurats
dynasty
city-states
empire
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Hammurabi established these laws for Babylonia.
Rules of Hammurabi
Code of Hammurabi
cuneiform
Laws of Hammurabi
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______ is the stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced.
cuneiform
tribes
civilization
nomads
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Sargon established the first Empire over the
Babylonians
Sumerians
Akkadians
Assyrians
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A ruling family is known as
family feud
dynasty
empire
fertile
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Rich in soil, able to plant, capable of producing vegetation
nutrients
crecent
flooding
fertile
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Wedge-shaped writing
glyphs
cuneiform
symbols
hieroglyphics
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Which of these is a Persian influence on later civilizations?
Persia set up a bureaucratic government.
Persia used iron to make weapons.
Persia developed a set of laws.
Persia started using the barter economy.
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The settlers of Mesopotamia were known as
hunters
nomads
gatherers
farmers
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The snow rested on these mountains that eventually melted and flooded the rivers of Mesopotamia
Zeverest Mountains
Zertile Mountains
Kevin's Mountains
Zagros Mountains
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Why did the Hittites want to keep their knowledge of how to extract iron from ore secret?
Selfish
Did not know how to teach others
They wanted an advantage in battle
Limited material
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Under Hammurabi’s Code, what might happen if a person accidentally did something that caused another person to die?
Pay a fine
exiled to another land
Go to jail
followed the “eye for an eye” principle
