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How do rivers influence ancient civilizations?
Inhibit trade
Provide saltwater
Provide fresh water
Increase trade
2
What is the primary reason Mesopotamian societies developed networks of highways, waterways, and other transportation
Trade
To spread their religions
Disease
Searching for new land
3
Which of the following is NOT a use for rivers in ancient civilizations?
Faster travel
Trade
Help with flooding
Transportation
4
Civilization developed in the Fertile Crescent because
it was an important mining area
the Nile River made it a prosperous area
the area was difficult to defend
the rivers there created very rich farmland
5
The Phoenicians created an alphabet that made reading and writing easier.
False
True
6
an organized list of laws and rules
Cuneiform
Code
Agriculture
Battering Ram
7
____ developed city-states, created cuneiform, built ziggurats, invented the wheel
Hammurabi
Babylon
Sumeria
Sargon of Akkad
8
groups of wedges and lines used to write several languages of the Fertile Crescent
Code
Cuneiform
Battering Ram
Heiroglyphics
9
Assyrian King, conquered new lands
Hammurabi
Sargon I
Nebuchadnezzar
King Sargon II
10
King of Babylonia, credited with first written and public laws
King Sargon II
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar
King Sargon I
11
Babylon became an important center of trade because it was:
e south and north
located between cities to the south and north
surrounded by massive walls
the site of a great library
12
a powerful weapon with a wooden beam mounted on wheels
Battering Ram
Catapult
Wheelbarrow
Cuneiform
13
The ancient Phoenicians impacted each of the following greatly except...
Colonization
Religion
Maritime Commerce
Exploration
14
Which river is located in the Fertile Crescent?
Persian
Caspian
Euphrates
Nile
15
The Sumerian civilization used the Tigris and Euphrates to expand their cultural influence.
False
True
16
All of the following are physical characteristics of Ancient Mesopotamia except...
Fertile
Mountainous
Flat
17
In order to use the water of the rivers, people in Mesopotamia impacted the ecosystem by
practicing polytheism, building ziggurats
obeying Hammurabi's Code, having slaves
digging canals, creating irrigation systems
using silt left by the rivers to fertilize their crops
18
Hammurabi's Code was significant because:
for the first time, laws were written down
the laws applied equally to all citizens
everyone in the ancient world followed it
it was part of the oral traditions of Babylonia
19
Which of the following is NOT a reason why canals were built?
to control the flow of water
help with flooding
To protect the city from invaders
to get water from rivers to crops
20
Which of the following was NOT used as a transportation linkage?
Walls
Rivers
Seas
Canals
21
Ancient Mesopotamia has immediate access to all of the following bodies of water except...
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean Sea
Red Sea
22
How did settlements near rivers in Mesopotamia influence ancient civilizations?
trade was made possible
fishing provided food
all three answers are correc
farming was made possible
23
which of the following means an extreme scarcity of food?
Crops
Famine
Drought
Hunger
24
Developed a code that was the first set of written law
Gilgamesh
Hammurabi
Cuneiform
Sargon of Akad
25
Which of the following natural resources were good for farming?
Sand
Gold
Ocean
Rivers
26
Ruler of Uruk and center of a famous epic
Sargon of Akkad
Gilgamesh
Hammurabi
Cyrus the Great
27
supplying land with water from another place through canals
Agriculture
Farming
Irrigation
Cuneiform
28
Who conquered Babylon & ruled the Persian Empire?
Sargon the Great
Gilgamesh
Hammurabie
Cyrus the Great
29
Who created the world's first Empire?
Hammurabi
Cyrus the Great
Nebuchadnezzar II
Sargon the Great
30
The Sumerians are known for greatly expanding sea trade
True
False
31
_____
rebuilt Babylon after it was destroyed by the Assyrians, made the hanging gardens
Cyrus the Great
Nebuchadnezzar II
Gilgamesh
Hammurabie
32
Defeated, then united Sumerian city-states forming the Assyrian Empire
King Sargon II
King Sargon I
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar
33
The ancient Phoenicians' advancements in boating technology led to increased exploration
True
False
34
The spread of beliefs, culture and traditions from one culture to another is which of the following
Territorial Expansion
Religion
Cultural Diffusion
Education
35
How does Mesopotamia's location near the Mediterranean Sea influence their civilization?
Increased rainfall
Increased Trade
More freshwater for farming
Decreased trade
36
King of Babylon, rebuilt city after it was destroyed by the Assyrians
Nebuchadnezzar
Hammurabi
King Sargon II
King Sargon I
37
farming and raising animals to provide products
Irrigation
Agriculture
Cuneiform
Farming
38
Which of the following best describes the Mesopotamia climate?
Dry & Fertile
Hot & Wet
Hot & Dry
Temperate & Dry
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Which of the following is one method used to compensate for the scarcity of resources in the ancient world?
Trade
Physical characteristics
Climate
location
