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Test review for Mesopotamia chapter 4
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1
In Mesopotamia, floods deposited silt, which made the soil
barren
dry
rocky
fertile
2
What has its own government but is not part of any larger unit?
ziggurat
city-state
town
civilzation
3
Which part of Babylon was known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
king's palace
irrigation system
Hanging Gardens
wall round the city
4
What is one who studies the stars and planets?
scribe
witch
priest
astronomer
5
Who was the Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon?
King David
Nebuchadnezzar
Gilgamesh
Sargon
6
What is a political district?
empire
city-state
epic
province
7
What is the meaning of the word Mesopotamia?
Egyptian for "special land for us"
Greek for " land around the rivers"
Greek for "land between the rivers"
Latin for "land of many waters"
8
What is: "complex societies that have organized governments? culture, and writing"?
city-state
cuniform
Mesopotamia
civilzation
9
What is the site of one of the world's first libraries?
Akkad
Nineveh
Babylon
Egypt
10
What is a method that brings water to crops?
irrigation
parallel
silt
polytheism
11
What is a group of traveling merchants?
pack of mules
caravan
astronomer
province
12
Although most Sumerians were farmers, many made metal, cloth, and pottery because they were
merchants
skilled artisans
slaves
priests
13
The calendar developed by the Sumerians was based on
the geometry of the wheel
the cycles of the moon
the number 60
the Roman calendar
14
What did the Hitties teach the Assyrians that helped make their army stronger?
how to make chariots
how to use more advanced weapons
how to use stronger metals such as iron
how to fight while riding horses
15
What is the meaning of the word Mesopotamia?
Greek for "land between the rivers"
Greek for " land around the rivers"
Latin for "land of many waters"
Egyptian for "special land for us"
16
Sargon conquered all of the peoples of Mesopotamia, creating the world's first empire?
true
false
17
The Fertile Crescent includes parts of the modern countries of Turkey, Syria, and
Poland
Egypt
Iraq
China
18
Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?
Nebuchadnezzar
Hammurabi
Nineveh
Gilgamesh
19
What is a form of writing developed by the people of Sumer?
cuneiform
hieroglyphics
cursive
wall carvings
20
The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?
scribes
merchants
artisans
heads of household
21
In 612 B. C. the Chaldeans defeated whom?
Akkad
Hammurabi
Assyria
Nebuchadnezzar
22
What are the names of the two rivers surrounding Mesopotamia?
Persian Gulf and Mediterranean Sea
Memphis and Nile River
Tigris and the Euphrates
Dead Sea and Mediterranean Sea
23
Babylon was located between the Mediterranean Sea and the
Euphrates River
Tigris River
Persian Gulf
Red Sea
24
A Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called a
Gilgamesh
cradle
scribe
ziggurat
25
Where did the first civilizations arise because of farming conditions?
in the mountains
near the sea
in the dessert
in river valleys
26
Which mountain people captured Babylon in 539 B.C.?
the Chaldeans
the Assyrians
the Persians
the Hitties
27
What was the Assyrian Empire's capital city?
Nineveh
Jerusalem
Uruk
Babylon
