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Mesopotamia and Judaism review
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Who believed they were the chosen ones by god?
Jews
Egyptians
Greeks
Babylonians
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Who did Yahweh make a promise with about the land of Canaan?
Abraham
Hammurabi
Sargon
Moses
3
Why is the Epic of Gilgamesh so important?
It has no significance
First book ever written
First story in history
It was a comedy
4
Where was an artisan, such as a basket maker in the Sumerian social class order?
Rich and Famous Class
Upper Class
Lower Class
Middle Class
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What is a city-state?
A family froup living in Mesopotamia.
An independent city and its surrounding areas.
An area that is very large and populated.
A line of rulers from the same family?
6
Mesopotamia is the land between which two rivers?
Nile and Euphrates
Mississippi and Tigris
Nile and Tigris
Tigris and Euphrates
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Moses received this from god?
Hammurabi's Code
Dictionary
Ten Commandments
Punishment
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Which of the following cities was not located in Mesopotamia?
Ur
Jerusalem
Uruk
Babylon
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How did irrigation improve the lives of the people in Mesopotamia?
It allowed settlements to form around river banks.
it allowed them to start fires.
Helped make weaopns faster.
it provided constant water supply for crops.
10
Although most Sumerians were farmers, many specialized in skills such as?
Laborers
Scribes
Athletes
Cooks
11
The Jews used this term for god?
God
Yahweh
Isaac
Abraham
12
Sumerians had many achievements in their time, which of the ones below NOT?
Sailboats and wheeled carts
Base 60 for hours, minutes and seconds
Telescope
Lock and key syatem
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All people were Polytheistic in Mesopotamia except for the Hebrews, they were?
Make believe
Monotheistic
Independent
Polytheistic
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After cuneiform was created, this specialized job was very important?
Scribe
Artisan
Sailor
Black Smith
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Which of the following were accomplishments by Sumerians?
Road System
Wheeled Carts
Cuneiform
All of the above
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Judaism spread, because of this reason?
They were ran off their land and spread all over the world.
Their Messiah did it.
This religion did not spread it was isoloated.
They had Prophets
