WH Unit 1 Review

Question 1

The branch of law that deals with private rights and matters such as business contracts, property, inheritance and taxes

Accepted Answer

civil law

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a religion that branched off of Judaism?

Accepted Answer

Buddhism

Question 3

Egyptian god of the dead and judge of souls seeking admission to the afterlife

Accepted Answer

Osiris

Question 4

A large stepped platform thought to have been topped by a temple dedicated to a city's chief god or goddess

Accepted Answer

ziggurat

Question 5

Israelite society was a matriarchal culture

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

King of Babylon in about 1790 BC; codified the laws in his empire

Accepted Answer

Hammurabi

Question 7

According to the Torah, the Israelite believed to have led the Israelites' exodus from Egypt

Accepted Answer

Moses

Question 8

The spreading out to new regions of the Jewish people that began with the Babylonian Captivity

Accepted Answer

diaspora

Question 9

Which empire conquered the northern kingdom of Israel?

Accepted Answer

Assyria

Question 10

System of government employing different departments and levels of authority

Accepted Answer

bureaucracy

Question 11

The Hebrew Bible is called the Torah

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Which Israelite king was famous for his wisdom?

Accepted Answer

Solomon

Question 13

Ancient Egyptian women were able to inherit property, go into business, and become a scribe

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

A region of the Middle East where civilization first arose

Accepted Answer

Fertile Crescent

Question 15

Geographically speaking, Upper Egypt is located in northern Egypt

Accepted Answer

False

Question 16

Which of the following cultures were known for practicing monotheism?

Accepted Answer

Israelites

Question 17

During which Ancient Egyptian time period was the pharaoh first viewed as a god?

Accepted Answer

Old Kingdom

Question 18

System where people pay for goods or services through the exchange of some token of agreed-upon value, such as a coin

Accepted Answer

money economy

Question 19

A holy day for rest and worship

Accepted Answer

Sabbath

Question 20

Egyptian pharaohs claimed their right to rule from the Egyptian god Amon-Re

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

Which of the following is NOT something that Sumer gave to the world?

Accepted Answer

Geometry

Question 22

What river was the source of life in Ancient Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Nile

Question 23

Which of the empires listed was the largest in the Ancient world?

Accepted Answer

Persian

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