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Chapter 4 Big Review
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1
Why was Hammurabi's Code so important?
Because of the saying "an eye for an eye"
It forced people to do the right thing
None of the above
It shaped later laws
2
Why is 4000 B.C. so important?
The Assyrians were taken over
Sargon became ruler
First Empire
It is when they first started farming.
3
What ideas or inventions did the New Babylonian Empire
NOT
introduce?
Studied stars, planets, and the moon
Wooden plows
Seven-day week
Sundail
4
District within a larger county or empire.
None of the above
City-states
Polytheism
Province
5
An independent nation made up of a city and the land around it
Province
City-state
Caravan
Tribute
6
Which of these was
NOT
an invention the Sumerians pass to other civilizations
Bronze
Sundial
sailboats
Cuneiform
7
Who ruled the Assyrian Empire?
Nebuchadnezzar
Sargon
Hammurabi
A King
8
Why was the Assyrian army so strong?
Because they moved around so fast
Because they had great kings
because of their major cities.
None of the above
9
What effect did caravans have on Babylon?
They caused war with other neighboring cities
Brought trade and made them richer
None of the above
They made Babylon a poorer country
10
A belief in more than one god.
Cuniform
Ziggurat
Irrigation
Polytheism
11
Which are
NOT
characteristics of a civilization?
Hunter Gatherers
Government
Different types of jobs
Social Classes
12
group of merchants traveling together for safety, usually with a large number of camels.
None of the Above
province
Caravan
astronomer
13
Why did Sumerians invent a writing system
None of the above
To communicate with each other
To record dealing and important events.
To teach all kids the writing
14
Who was Nebuchadnezzar?
First Emperor
Ruler of the New Babylonian Empire
Ruler of the Assyrians Empire
Ruler of the first Babylonian Empire
15
Small particles of fertile soil.
Cuneiform
caravan
Silt
Epic
16
How were the Babylonians and the Assyrians similar?
They used the same weapons
The worshiped the same Gods.
They lasted the same amount of years
None of the above
17
Why did people settle in Mesopotamia?
Because they were tired of moving around
Because of the fertile soil
Because the king forced them to
Because that is were the animals led the hunter gatherers
18
Sumerian Writing system that used wedge-shaped marks made in soft clay.
Scribe
Cuneiform
Surplus
Epic
19
Forced Payment
astronomer
empire
caravan
None of the above
20
Which wonder of the ancient world was located in Babylon?
Pyramids
Great Wall
Hanging Gardens
Colosseum
