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1
The Phoenician economy was based on making copper.
False
True
2
Which statement BEST describes the laws of Hammurabi?
The laws were secret.
Punishments were equal to the crime.
Women were not protected.
The laws often changed.
3
How did Ancient Mesopotamians protect themselves?
Building cities on a hill
Building cities underground
Building fires around their city
Building city walls
4
Monotheism is the belief in one God.
True
False
5
What was the
religious belief in more than one god
that was common to many Mesopotamians?
Monotheism
Jewish
Polytheism
Catholicism
6
Which part of the Sumerian Social Pyramid did
farmers
belong to?
Middle
Upper
Low
King
7
How did irrigation help Mesopotamian
farmers
?
To provide water to crops during dry weather
To provide water when the rivers dried up
To give them a way to ship their crops
To cause floods
8
Why did the first humans settle in river valleys?
To be near other humans
For shelter
To live in the mountains
To have fresh water
9
Which of the following is
NOT
a characteristic of early Mesopotamian city-states?
Fought with other city-states
City walls
Elected officials
Individual governments
10
From reading about the relationship between Gilgamesh and Enkidu we know that Sumerians valued ______.
Bravery
Anger
Friendship
Impulsivity
11
What geographic feature of Mesopotamia promoted the growth of civilization?
River valleys that provided protection from enemies
Tigris & Euphrates Rivers that brought water and fertile soil for faming
Location near the sea that allowed them to trade
Location that provided year-round rainfall
12
Which of the following came first in the development of civilizations?
food surplus
irrigation
specialization of jobs
John Deere tractors
13
What are the
forced payments
that empires like the Assyrians and the Akkadians often forced people to make called?
polytheism
tributes
ziggurat
surplus food
14
Which of the following is an achievement of the Phoenicians THAT HELPED LATER CIVILIZATIONS?
making colored dyes
developing the alphabet
making coins and money
learning to sail
15
Which of the following was the Assyrian Empire NOT known for?
Strong, iron weapons
Inventing the battering ram
Kind war tactics
Building the first library
16
Mesopotamia means land between two ______________.
trees
rivers
roads
oceans
17
Sargon ruled Akkad and conquered the Sumerian city-states and united them together to form the first __________________.
civilization
city
empire
culture
18
Cuneiform was MUCH easier to use than the Phoenician alphabet.
False
True
19
What was Hammurabi best known for?
His kindness
Strict set of laws
Hanging Gardens
Roads and bridges
20
A civilization with a wide variety of jobs is considered to have a HIGH level of specialization.
False
True
21
Which part of the Sumerian social pyramid did the
priests
belong to?
Bottom Level
Lower
Middle
Upper
22
Why was the Sumerian's system of writing (cuneiform) difficult to learn?
It included more than 500 characters.
It was used to record business agreements.
Characters represented names and objects.
It was painted onto papyrus.
23
Which two bodies of water form the east-west boundaries of the Fertile Crescent?
The Mediterranean Sea and the Caspian Sea
The Black Sea & the Red Sea
Tigris & Euphrates Rivers
The Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea
