What is meant by dynastic rule

Ruling power is passed from parent to child

Name one thing the Egyptians and Sumerians shared

A polytheistic religious system

Which two religions were monotheistic in ancient Mesopotamia?

Hebrew/Judaism and Zoroastrianism

According to Jared Diamond, agriculture was the worst mistake because it led to:

A class system, gender inequality and poor nutrition

Why were Egyptians more optimistic than the Mesopotamians?

Because the Nile provided a constant food source

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1
Which society developed ancient GPS?
The Persians
The Babylonians
The Sumerians
The Assyrians
2
Which two societies first used phonetic writing systems?
The Alphas and the Betas
The Hittites and Assyrians
Nebuchadnezzaris and Babylonians
The Phoenicians and Egyptians
3
What might an Egyptian Pharaoh call the god Ra?
Raven of Ma'at
Dad
Lord of the dead
Sir Beaknose
4
Which society invented the wheel, so that we wouldn't have to keep reinventing it?
Sumerians
Persians
Hittites
Egyptians
5
Another term for the Neolithic Revolution is.....
The Neo-Babylonian Revolution
The Agricultural Revolution
The Iron Age
The Neo-Assyrian Revolution
6
What is meant by dynastic rule
Breaking the rules results in harsh punishment
Monarchies are awesome!
Only dynasties make the rules
Ruling power is passed from parent to child
7
The origins of the alphabet we use today come from....
The Hittites
The Sumerians
The Persians
The Phoenicians
8
Name one thing the Egyptians and Sumerians shared
A polytheistic religious system
Written law
A monotheistic religious system
A sense of stability
9
Which two religions were monotheistic in ancient Mesopotamia?
Hebrew/Judaism and Zoroastrianism
Innananite and Phoenician
Akkadian and Pharaonic
Osirian and Judaism
10
Ur, Uruk, Lagash, and my favorite--Mari, were all names of____________
Sumerian city states
Awesome History professors
Hebrew goddesses
Mesopotamian empires
11
What was one way the Persians differed from the Babylonians?
Persians were Indo-European
Persians were intolerant of the Hebrews
Persians preferred a barter system over coin money
Persians didn't waste time on mail
12
According to Jared Diamond, agriculture was the worst mistake because it led to:
Overly tall people and fewer children
Quality over quantity
A class system, gender inequality and poor nutrition
Salad, and who likes salad?
13
Why were Egyptians more optimistic than the Mesopotamians?
Because they looked so much better
Because the Nile provided a constant food source
Because nobody could be more depressed than Mesopotamians
Because their head god was a ray of sunshine

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