Unit 2 Ancient Civilizations

Question 1

Sumerians created this to help them keep time.

Accepted Answer

sun dial

Question 2

Form of government where the leader is political, religious, and military leader

Accepted Answer

theocracy

Question 3

An independent city that is surrounded by a wall is called...

Accepted Answer

city-state

Question 4

Cuneiform was written on...

Accepted Answer

clay

Question 5

In the Ancient Middle East, slavery was based on conquest.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

The Neolithic revolution led to the creation of...

Accepted Answer

permanent housing

Question 7

What was a ziggurat for?

Accepted Answer

temple at the center of city-state for religious purposes

Question 8

Hieroglyphics were decoded when soldiers found...

Accepted Answer

Rosetta Stone

Question 9

Zoroastrianism believed...

Accepted Answer

that there were opposite forces (good v evil)

Question 10

Lydia was rich in _______

Accepted Answer

gold

Question 11

Aleppo and Jericho are located

Accepted Answer

Fertile Crescent

Question 12

Mesopotamia is located near which river?

Accepted Answer

Tigris & Euphrates

Question 13

Which civilization created the 22 character alphabet, that was a model for future civilizations

Accepted Answer

Phoenician

Question 14

Which Middle Eastern civilizations created the Royal Road?

Accepted Answer

Persians

Question 15

Which empire stretched along the Indus River?

Accepted Answer

Persians

Question 16

Persians were __________ of the groups that they conquered.

Accepted Answer

tolerant

Question 17

The main difference between the Code of Hammurabi and the Ten Commandments

Accepted Answer

punishments

Question 18

Which era of man created the loom and used weaving to create cloth?

Accepted Answer

Neolithic

Question 19

The picture is an example of...

Accepted Answer

Cuniform

Question 20

Cave paintings that were found in France were created by...

Accepted Answer

Paleolithic Man

Question 21

how did Sumerians deal with the irregular flooding of the rivers?

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 22

Mesopotamia means...

Accepted Answer

land between 2 rivers

Question 23

This man established the Jewish religion.

Accepted Answer

Abraham

Question 24

Which Old Kingdom pharaoh designed the Great Pyramid at Giza?

Accepted Answer

Khufu

Unit 2 Ancient Civilizations

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Unit 2 Ancient Civilizations

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