Unit 3 - Early Civilizations

Question 1

First written code of laws in human history.

Accepted Answer

Code of Hammurabi

Question 2

Spread of ideas, culture and technology.

Accepted Answer

cultural diffusion

Question 3

Culture that created the earliest alphabet.

Accepted Answer

Phoenicians

Question 4

Title for a teacher of the law in Judaism.

Accepted Answer

Rabbi

Question 5

Land between the rivers.

Accepted Answer

Mesopotamia

Question 6

First five books of the Hebrew Bible.

Accepted Answer

Torah

Question 7

Hunters and gatherers.

Accepted Answer

Nomads

Question 8

Temple built according to Mesopotamian architecture.

Accepted Answer

ziggurat

Question 9

Which of the following is not one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?

Accepted Answer

Great Wall of China

Question 10

Another name for "New Stone Age".

Accepted Answer

Neolithic

Question 11

Artisan.

Accepted Answer

craftsman

Question 12

Jewish house of worship.

Accepted Answer

synagogue

Question 13

Famous general who discovered the Rosetta Stone.

Accepted Answer

Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 14

Who built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon for his wife?

Accepted Answer

Nebuchadnezzur

Question 15

Key to interpreting ancient Egyptian writing.

Accepted Answer

Rosetta Stone

Question 16

Which pharaoh was a woman?

Accepted Answer

Hatshepsut

Question 17

Term that means "Old Stone Age".

Accepted Answer

Paleolithic

Question 18

Ancient Egyptian form of writing.

Accepted Answer

hieroglyphics

Question 19

The most sacred city of Judaism.

Accepted Answer

Jerusalem

Question 20

Modern day country most closely identified with Persia.

Accepted Answer

Iran

Questions 20