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Ch. 2 Test Review: Egypt and Western Asia
Ch. 2 Test Review: Egypt and Western Asia
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1
What is the importance of the Phoenician alphabet?
could be read backwards
had capital letters
basis for English alphabet
first alphabet to use words
2
Unlike the leaders of other religions of the time, Jewish prophets
were believed to be directly descended from God
could not claim they alone knew the will of God
were required to burn the sacred texts
often gave up their beliefs
3
Hammurabi is remembered for
creating the first post office
overthrowing the Akkadian empire
his law code, a collection of 282 laws
inventing the first bicycle
4
TRUE OR FALSE: When Israel divided into two kingdoms, they had an equal number of "tribes."
False
True
5
TRUE OR FALSE: The first great king of the Israelites was Saul.
True
False
6
A theocracy is a government in which
the military ruled the people.
leaders rule by divine authority.
only women could rule.
a council of elders makes all the laws
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Which Egyptian god is associated with resurrection?
Isis
Osiris
Seth
Atum
8
The invention of cuneiform is credited to
the Phoenicians
the Sumerians
Odysseus
the Spanish
9
The religion of Judaism differed from the other religions of the time in that it
it was polytheistic
it believed in no higher power whatsoever
it believed in reincarnation
it was monotheistic
10
Hieratic script, a simplified version of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing, was used
by the blind, as a type of braille.
by peasants, who were too uneducated to read.
only by the nobles as a way of communicating with the gods
for business transactions, and the needs of daily life.
11
Farming in ancient Mesopotamia resulted in an abundance of food, which
eneabled civilization to emerge
caused overpopulation
often rotted causing illness
produced inflation
12
Modern historians havedivided Egyptian history into three major periods
twilight, breaking dawn, oh please god make it stop!
osiris, isis,axum
super, old, old, young
old kingdom, middle kingdom, new kingdom
13
What are the “ten lost tribes”?
scattered Israelite tribes
Egyptian traders
ten cities
the “Sea Peoples”
14
TRUE OR FALSE: The Hittites were the first people to use iron.
True
False
15
TRUE OR FALSE: Hammurabi based his rule on a system of strict justice.
False
True
16
TRUE OR FALSE: The Nile River is the longest river in the world.
False
True
17
The first
empire
in world history was the ____ Empire.
British
Eskimo
Akkadian
Sumerian
18
The history of Egypt begins around 3100 B.C., when
Menes united Upper and Lower Egypt.
the first pyramid collapsed.
a volcano at Giza erupted.
the Nile River flooded.
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“Mesopotamia” means The land...
inside the valley
above the sea
between two rivers
near the desert
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Around 2340 B.C., Sargon, the leader of the Akkadians,
choked to death on a piece of beef
overran Paris, the largest city in the world
set up the first empire in world history.
established the world’s first city-states
