Mesopotamia Review

Question 1

What was the result of breaking one of Hammurabi's laws?

Accepted Answer

eye-for-an-eye punishment

Question 2

What was the main benefit provided by the floods in ancient Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

highly fertile soil

Question 3

An extra supply:

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surplus

Question 4

Which problems did Mesopotamians have to solve to protect cities and fields?

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how to defend against attacks by nomads

Question 5

"Equal justice" was not fair because:

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rich people didn't get as bad a punishment as others

Question 6

Sumerian king, "he who knew everything:"

Accepted Answer

Gilgamesh

Question 7

The growth of trade between ancient Mesopotamia and other civilizations contributed to what?

Accepted Answer

the increase in wealth and population of cities

Question 8

Which group of people invented irrigation to help farms have water?

Accepted Answer

Sumerians

Question 9

Tigris River used to flood bringing lots of:

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fertile mud

Question 10

Some of the effects of the conflicts between the city-states were:

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both of the first two choices

Question 11

A system in which the members of a group do different tasks according to ability or need:

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division of labor

Question 12

Which was possible, because of a surplus of food (abundant food)?

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development of an advanced civilization

Question 13

Hammurabi of the Babylonians is known as the king who:

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did both of the first two answers.

Question 14

Where was ancient Mesopotamia located?

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along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers

Question 15

Hammurabi was the king of the:

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Babylonians

Question 16

The right to command or influence:

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authority

Question 17

Which Mesopotamian invention had the greatest impact on travel and trade?

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the wheel

Question 18

Cuneiform was ancient ___________________.It tells that Sumer city-states were always fighting.

Accepted Answer

writing

Question 19

A system of government in which a king or queen rules:

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monarchy

Question 20

The two major rivers surrounding Mesopotamia are:

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Tigris and Euphrates

Question 21

Mesopotamians created technologies like irrigation to control floods.The result of this was....

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abundant supply(surplus) of food;people did trading&new jobs

Question 22

Which describes the difference between previous legal systems and Hammurabi's code?

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TheCode established a set of standard punishments for crimes

Question 23

All of these topics were in Hammurabi's code of laws except:

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mountains and rivers

Question 24

A person who buys and sells goods to make a living:

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merchant

Question 25

Who invented the first form of writing, number system, irrigation, wheeled vehicles, & bricks?

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Sumerians

Question 26

Mesopotamians' success shows the importance of which factors for civilization?

Accepted Answer

food production

Question 27

Mesopotamia was in an area called the Fertile Crescent. This made which practice unnecessary?

Accepted Answer

fertilizing crops to increase production

Question 28

Mesopotamian irrigation systems helped do which of the following?

Accepted Answer

divert excess water during times of flood

Question 29

The Sumerians developed the first alphabet-based system of writing called what?

Accepted Answer

cuneiform

Question 30

All of the following characteristics describe a civilization except:

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an animal with four legs

Question 31

Why was it uncommon for a Mesopotamian woman to work as a scribe?

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Very few women were taught how to read and write.

Question 32

"Eye-for-an-eye" punishment meant:

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what the criminal did, was done back to him

Question 33

Which problem would Mesopotamians have without the annual flooding of the rivers?

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how to fertilize crops

Question 34

An organized system that groups use to make laws and decisions:

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government

Question 35

Which statement explains why Mesopotamian kings had ziggurats constructed?

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Ziggurats gave gods a place where they could protect people.

Question 36

Which consequence from Hammurabi's Code best demonstrates the idea of "an eye for an eye?"

Accepted Answer

If he shatters a man's limb, one shall shatter his limb.

Question 37

Which statement best applies to polytheism?

Accepted Answer

There are many gods.

Question 38

Some of the contributions of the Sumerians were:

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all of the choices

Question 39

Mesopotamians believed that the power of the king came from where?

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the gods

Question 40

The surplus food supply in Mesopotamia contributed directly to what?

Accepted Answer

growth of city populations

Question 41

City-states were in conflict with each other because of:

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farmland and water

Question 42

Mesopotamia is known as:

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the cradle of civilization

Question 43

The legal phrase "an eye for an eye" refers to the idea that..............

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a criminal's punishment should match his or her crime

Question 44

Large mud-brick temple built by the ancient Sumerians:

Accepted Answer

ziggurat

Question 45

The skills and knowledge to make products and meet goals:

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technology

Question 46

Sargon the Great of the Akkadians was famous for:

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creating the first empire

Question 47

Gilgamesh of the Sumerians was known by his people as:

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"he who knew everything"

Question 48

Akkadians long ago conquered:

Accepted Answer

Sumer

Question 49

Which communication does the most to help us understand the people who used it?

Accepted Answer

cuneiform

Question 50

Centralized society with a developed form of religion, ways of governing, and learning:

Accepted Answer

civilization

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