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Intro to WH-Mesopotamia and Egypt
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Learned how to shape iron and create weapons
Babylonians
Hitites
Sumerians
Egyptians
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Which of the following laws do Jews follow?
10 Commandments
5 Pillars
Golden Rule
Karma
3
The Great pyramids at Giza were built during the:
Middle Kingdom
Old Kingdom
Intermediate Kingdom
New Kingdom
4
What do the Jews believe will happen after death?
Pergatory
Eternal Life
Reincarnation
Salvation
5
The belief that spirits and other forces live in animals, objects, or dreams:
bureaucracy
artisan
scribes
animism
6
The Epic of Gilgamesh is an example of a:
tertiary source
secondary source
primary source
quaternary source
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Which came first?
Subsistance Farming
Commercial farming
Industry
Cities
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The first female pharaoh:
Hatshepsut
Tutankhamen
Cleopatra
Ramses
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Where is the Sinai Peninsula?
D
I
E
B
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Translation of hieroglyphics was made possible by:
Rosetta Stone
Smart people
Archaelogists
Bureaucracy
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Society dominated by men:
polytheism
dynasty
matriarchal
patriarchal
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All of the following are examples of city-states in Mesopotamia, EXCEPT:
Alexandria
Ur
Babylonia
Uruk
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What is the title of the religious leader?
Guru
Imam
Priest
Rabbi
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Why was this area called the Fertile Crescent?
half moon shaped with dry soil
half moon shaped with nutrient-rich soil
circular shaped with nutrient-rich soil.
circular shaped with dry soil.
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What do Abraham and Moses have in common in terms of Judaism?
both were founders of their religion
Created city-states
Both were hunter-gatherers
developed writing tools
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Which is the Tigris River?
F
E
G
C
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Someone who wanders without a permanent home:
Ziggurats
Slaves
Hittites
Nomad
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Which likely came first in the formation of civilizations?
Domestication
Complex Institutions
Writing
Hunting and gathering
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Belief in one god:
Monotheistic
Polytheistic
Triglyceride
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Where did Judaism develop?
Middle East
North America
Europe
Africa
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The first form of writing:
Papyrus
Pictograms
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
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People who study past societies based upon the found physical remains.
Geographer
Anthropologist
Economist
Archaeologist
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The period of human history before the invention of writing?
Unwritten
Prehistory
Eden
B.C.
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Physical items that are found by archaeologists that give key indications of the past.
artifacts
culture
deities
anthropologists
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Which is NOT a natural barrier:
Sahara Desert
Arabian Desert
City-state walls
Red Sea
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With which religions does Judaism share a common history?
Christianity & Islam
Sikhism & Hinduism
Christianity & Sikhism
Hinduism & Islam
27
The most important geographic feature in Egypt:
Mesopotamia
Euphrates
Tigris
Nile
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The story of Isis and Osiris symbolizes:
Death
Rebirth
Drought
Rejection
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Heavily relied on the Tigris and Euphrates River to survive:
Babylonians
Akkadians
Egyptians
Sumerians
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Artisans are examples of:
subsistance farming
complex institutions
domestication
specialized laborers
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What was the difference between Judaism and the other religions in the Fertile Crescent?
included gods of nature.
was a polytheistic.
was a monotheistic faith.
consisted of a division of labor.
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The world's earliest code of law:
Bible
Torah
Code of Hammurabai
Epic of Gilgamesh
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Used to explain the unexplained- ex:"Where do we go when we die?"
religion
urbnaization
economics
politics
34
The prefix anthro means:
artifacts
old
humans
culture
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Pharaohs considered themselves to be the son of:
Amenotep
Re
Tut
Hatshepsut
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An inclination or predisposition based upon one's upbringing.
fact
bias
opinion
fiction
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What was the purpose and importance of the Torah?
contained the writings of the Babylonians.
contained the writings of the Sumerians.
contained the sacred writings of Judaism.
contained the Laws of Hammurabi.
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Centers for trade and large populations
farms
rural
writing
cities