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A #mesopotamia and #egypt quiz for #review for the chapter 2 test
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1
Which river was not in the Fertile Crescent?
Mississippi
Euphrates
Tigris
Nile
2
The number system which later civilizations would advance was created by who?
Babylonians
Sumerians
Egyptians
Persians
3
The pyramids at Giza were built during which Egyptian Kingdom?
Mesopotamian Kingdom
New Kingdom
Old Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
4
The first peace treaty in history was between who?
Egyptians and Hyksos
Mesopotamia and Egypt
Hittites and Hyksos
Egyptians and Hittites
5
Which group was the first group to work with Iron?
Persians
Hittites
Sumerians
Egyptians
6
Who introduced the idea of Heaven, Hell, and Judgement day to the Persians?
The sun god
Nebuchadnezzar
Zoroaster
Hammurabi
7
In Greek, "Mesopotamia" means?
Between the Rivers
Land to conquer
Fertile Land
Land of many rivers
8
The switch from a barter economy to a money economy cam under who"s rule in Persia?
Darius
Rames II
Sargon
Cyrus
9
Iron was so important because it was used to...
Make homes
Plant crops
Trade
Make weapons
10
How were Pharaohs depicted in Egyptian hieroglyphics?
With a sword
With tons of money
Larger than everyone else
Holding the sun
11
The Hyksos brought ______ to the middle kingdom of Egypt?
Bows and Arrows
Crops
Horse-Drawn Chariots
Disease
12
Mesopotamia was located between which two rivers?
Nile and Mississippi
Euphrates and Nile
Nile and Tigris
Tigris and Euphrates
13
The marshy area formed at the mouth of some rivers is known as a...?
Delta
Cataract
Waterfall
Silt
14
Egypt was located in.....
Southeast Africa
Northwest Africa
Middle East
Northeast Africa
15
How did the Sumerians view the afterlife?
Depended on the person who died
A happy place
A fiery hell
Dark and gloomy with no escape
16
Pharaohs received the right to rule from who?
The people
Their mom
The gods
Scribes
17
Who was the Egyptian Sun-god
Osiris
Aten
Isis
Amon-re or Ra
18
A ziggurats main purpose was to....
TO provide shelter
To prevent flooding
To make a nice landscape
Keep the Gods and Goddesses happy
19
The first set of laws to be written down were?
Civil Laws
The Constitution
Persian Law
Hammurabis Code
20
In Ancient Egypt, government matters were supervised by who?
President
Farmers
Vizer
Scribes
21
Osiris was so important to the ancient Egyptians because he was.....
A powerful ruler
God of the Nile
The sun god
A high priest
22
Who is credited with creating the worlds first empire?
Cyrus
Darius
Hammurabi
Sargon
23
Writing that consisted of wedge marks on clay
Alphabet
Algebra
Cunieform
Hieroglyphics
24
How did the Egyptians view the afterlife?
Could be granted eternal life
Only an underworld
Egyptians lived forever
There was no afterlife
25
A type of writing where pictures represent concepts
Hieroglyphics
Scribes
Cuneiform
Alphabet
