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The Phoenicians were great ____ and _____
sailors and merchants
priests and priestesses
inventors and philosophers
soldiers and rulers
2
What was the capital city of Babylonia
Zanadu
Nineveh
Babylon
Buble
3
biographies, newspapers, stories from adults when they were young
primary sources
secondary sources
4
Why is an empire so difficult to control?
An empire has too many kings governing the land
An empire has too many revolts that are hard to control
all of the above are examples.
An empire has too many cities in it
5
How do scientists assume what ancient people wore in ancient times?
statues
ancient diaries
pictures
movies from Hollywood
6
Assyria was an ancient region in Mesopotamia. Where was Assyria located?
Western part of Mesopotamia
Eastern part of Mesopotamia
Northern part of Mesopotamia
Southern part of Mesopotamia
7
What did Assyria troops use in battle in Mesopotamia?
Lions, Elephants, and Tigers
Spears, Helmets, and Knives
Potter's Wheel, Horses, and Eagles
Infantries, Battering ram, and Chariots
8
A person kept an accurate diary about their life in the city of Uruk. What kind of source is it
secondary
unimportant
artical
Primary
9
Which of the following are foundations to building a civilization?
stable food supply
government
writing
irrigation system
10
Who was selected to be Mesopotamia's first kings
merchants and peasants
war heroes
farmers and scribes
strong military generals
11
What was the capital city of Assyria called?
Babylon
Eridu
Ur
Nineveh
12
The Phoenicians traded a cloth called murex, what color was it dyed?
Purple
Red
Midnight Blue
Black
13
In the trial by ordeal, if an accuser got out of the river, they were considered what?
Not guilty of lying
Guilty of lying
14
Why did the Hittite's empire fall?
the hittites were conquered by the romans
other cultures learned how to smelt iron and make weapons
the other cultures learned how to create and alphabet
the hittites moved away from mesapotamia
15
What two major rivers did the Mesopotamians get water from?
Euphrates and the Tigris rivers
Mississippi and the Colorado rivers
Thames and the Tiber rivers
Nile and Amazon rivers
16
Which SuperHero is considered to be the most popular?
Flash
Wonder Woman
Batman
Superman
17
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land Between the Rivers
Land Next to the Tigris
Land Next to the Euphrates
Desert Land Near the Mediterranean
18
How many law codes did Hammurabi create?
184
263
282
322
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What does "compensation" mean?
to be a king
to pay money
to say sorry
to become a slave
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About 3500 B.C., what tool did the Mesopotamians create to get around quicker?
Wagon trailer
Tamed horses
Conestoga wagon
Wheel
21
What was the king's role?
Owner of all the land in the Empire
Commander of the army
High Priest
He was the Supreme Judge
22
Most people in Mesopotamia wore which of the following....
knee high skirts
winter coats
long pants
green shorts
23
Who was this superhuman suppose to be?
Hammurabi
Gilgamesh
Sargon
Sham-shi Adad
24
Before kings were chosen to lead the city-states, who was chosen to be in charge of the cities?
farmers
soldiers
merchants
priests
25
In Mesopotamia, they developed a culture that encouraged the arts. What are the arts
drama
all of these
architecture
music
26
Why did the Mesopotamians establish a king?
Protect the People
All of These
Solve Problems
Set Laws
27
what could the Hittites do that other cultures could not do....at first....
Smelt iron
smoke leather
make diamonds
fire clay
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What advantage did the Mesopotamians have when people started to chose to do different jobs?
all of the above
it allowed people follow an interest they enjoyed
citizens didn't have to be farmers
people to create a new resource for the city-state
29
How would you describe Mesopotamian religion?
Tritheist
Monotheist
Polythiest
Nontheist
30
The capital city of Sumer was what?
Sumer
Lagash
Umma
Ur
31
Why did people settle near rivers and lakes?
it was a meeting place for other lands
it made people happier
hunting and collecting water became easier
it was a great place to fight battles
32
What did the Mesopotamians call the temple where they believed their God lived?
Catheral
Synagogue
Ziggurat
Mosque
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Which of the following are the city-states in Mesopotamia?
Agade, Corinth, Eridu, and Ingadu
Ur, Lagash, Nineveh, and Uruk
Babylon, kish, Athens, and Zim
Sparta, Troy, Kish, Umma
34
The Phoenicians are sometimes called what?
missionaries of civilization
missionaries of religion
missionaries of the world
missionaries of government
35
What kind of food did farmers grow in ancient times?
Hot dogs and Hamburgers
Barley and Wheat
Carrots and cabbage
Corn and Peas
36
What group was the first to organize a society in Mesopotamia?
Babylonians
Sumerians
Assyrians
Greeks
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How many scrolls/stone tablets did the Assyrians collects for their library?
55,000
22,000
33,000
180,500
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What objects were imported into Mesopotamia?
animals from Africa and Asia
silver, sand, trees, water
wood, iron, ores, gems, and stone
Exotic products from the Greece and Rome
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What are the names of the ancient regions of ancient Mesopotamia?
Assyrians, Agade, and Babylon
Nubia, Musian, and Eridu
Euphrates, Persia, Thermopylae
Sumer, Assyria, and Babylon
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In Mesopotamia, who served the Gods.
Rich People
Everyone
Priests
Poor people
41
He studied ancient Persian scrolls and writings in 1835
Darrin Glesser
Henry Rawlinson
Guy Fieri
Sean Phillips
42
The Chaldeans were a new group that were similar to the what?
Assyrians
Israelites
Sumerians
Babylonians
43
What is this ancient structure? Where is it located?
ziggurat - Athens
ziggurat - Ur
king's palace
ziggurat - Nineveh
44
What do archeologists feel the wheel was used before it was used for transportation?
Table
Potters wheel
Window shade
Picture frame
45
What type of environment did the Mesopotamians live in?
Desert
Ocean
Rain Forest
Tundra
46
The Persians believed that the God of light battled the God of darkness, what did they describe
a candel
A light bulb
the day
hearth place
47
She was goddess of LOVE and WAR....
Ishtar
Venus
Frigg
Athena
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What were the Assyrians most remembered for?
They did unspeakable cruel acts to people they conquered
They created an alphabet that was copied by the greeks
They learned to smelt iron
They grew types of grain and traded with other cultures
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How did religion develop in the ancient world?
They created Gods to explain things they didn't understand
They created a God to change the course of the two rivers
they created one God to show the everyday persons' power
None are correct
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Hammurabi had a system called "trial by ordeal," what did it mean for the accuser?
The accuser was thrown into the river to see if he was right
The accuser was forced to work in the fields on a summer day
The accuser was beaten to see if heshe was telling the truth
The accuser was jailed until the investigation was looked in
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Who COULD have died on "King for a Day?"
a random citizen
a soldier
The King
The Priest
52
the Hittite government was based on what?
strict rules
replacing stolen goods
compensation
punishment
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Whom did the people of Mesopotamia need to protect their resources from?
city-states
Nomads
kings
animals
54
What did girls learn?
read, write, hunt, farm, and how to run a business
read, write, cook, spin, and how to run a household
read, write, bat, throw, and how to run a team
read, write, explore, fish, and how to run a government
55
Why did civilizations like Assyria attack other civilizations like Sumer
they attacked city-states with evil kings
they attacked to test their weapons on someone else
they attacked city-states' resources
they attacked to destroy as much as possible
56
Babylonia was an ancient region in Mesopotamia. Where was Babylonia located?
Northern part of Mesopotamia
Eastern part of Mesopotamia
Western part of Mesopotamia
Middle part of Mesopotamia
57
Which of the following is not a foundation of building a civilization?
social levels
a culture of music, art, drama, and architecture
specialization of labor
games and toys
58
What did Nebuchadnezzar did to the Hebrews from Canaan?
He enslaved Hebrews and relocated them within his empire
He destroyed the city of Jurusalem
He did both A and B
He tried to sell them into slavery to the persians
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What text kept Mesopotamia's history alive?
Clay-Tables
Stele
Scrolls
Bible
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Whom did young boys learn from in the ancient world?
Uncles
Grandfather
Older Brothers
Father
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What did boys learn?
read, write, and study computers
read, write, and study early hominids
read, write, and study other cultures
read, write, and study plants and animals
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Name 3 areas that Babylonian law protected.
Punishments, Divorce, Childrearing, and Heirs
All of these were listed were protected by Babylonian law
Farming, Crime, Irrigation, and Gods
Marriage, Property, Labor and Debt
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Mesopotamia thrived during the Neolithic Age or new stone age, what was the new stone?
Silver
Bronze
Gold
Copper
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What is Sargon's famous contribution?
He smelted iron
He created the first empire
He hunted animals
He ruled fairly
65
How did the Assyrians attack a city or town?
burned their fields
siege it
rolled stoned
bombed it with rocks
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The system of writing was used to keep track of what?
Number of Kings
Trade
Military Victories
Animals Hunted
67
What was Hammurabi's stone slab called?
stele
rock
slate
tablet
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He excavated the city-state of Ur
Sir Lawrence Abbott
Sir Charles Woolley
Sir Zachary Victors
Sir Peter Chance
69
Nomad is short for what?
No one
Nothing
Normal
Nomadic
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Gilgamesh's legend led to which of the following legend
Batman
Paul Bunyan
Superman
Wonder Woman
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How was trade established in the city-states?
people exchanged things for someone else's junk for free
they exchanged things for things they didn't have but wanted
they exchanged for their own junk for which they paid highly
people exchanged things they already had, but didn't need
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Which of the following were Babylonian contributions?
sundial
7 day week
all of them are babylonian
60 minute hour
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Name 1 ancient wonder of the world other than The Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
The Great Pyramid
The Temple of Artemis
The Statue of Zeus
The Mausoleum
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Why is the lunar calendar not an accurate use?
a crescent moon turns around in the sky
it is accurate
a full moon makes people crazy
a new moon doesn't appear in the sky
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Who were the first and last groups that controlled the Mesopotamia region?
Hittites and Hebrews
Phoenicians and Chaldeans
Greeks and Romans
Sumerians and Persians
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Why do you think the Persians allowed conquered people to govern themselves
They didn't like the people they conquered
They had a fair government
They were weak rulers
They made everyone slaves
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How was someone able to read a pictograph
the pictures stood for ideas only
the pictures stood for nothing
the picture stood for a word or an idea
the picture stood for words only
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Many ancients believed their kings were...
a god
a leader
a man
a priest
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Cuneiform symbols started out at _____ symbols but grew to ______ symbols
100; 5000
600; 2000
200; 500
345; 9,000,000
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In ancient civilizations, if an empire controlled the land and water it meant they had what?
free time
power
friends
dessert
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Who were the nomads in ancient times?
mountain villages
angry people
wandering people
unruly people
82
A modern day person finds a diary from an ancient king's life, what kind of source is this?
Unimportant
Secondary
Primary
Article
83
What are the modern day countries where Mesopotamia existed 5000 years ago?
Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the Sudan
Iraq, Syria, and Turkey
Germany, France, and Greece
USA, Canada, and Cuba
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In the trial by ordeal, id the accuser did not survive the river, they were considered what?
Not guilty of lying
Guilty of lying
85
The Tigris and Euphrates flows into what body of water?
Indian Ocean
China Sea
Persian Gulf
Pacific Ocean
86
The modern goddess of spiders
Spideana
Larvasue
lizarene
Beetlanna
87
What is the climate like in Mesopotamia in the summer?
Sand storms
It is the rainy season
It is really hot
It is too cold
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Which of the following of Seven Wonders of the Ancient World was built in Ancient Mesopotamia.
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Lighthouse at Alexandria
Great Pyramid at Giza
Colossus of Rhodes
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Nebuchadnezzar's wife was from what culture in ancient times?
Greece
Medea
Rome
Europe
90
Name the first writing system in Mesopotamia that uses pictures to stand for words and ideas?
Cuneiform
Phoenician
Greek
Pictograph
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People in Mesopotamia built their houses out of what?
sun-dried mud bricks
wood
plaster
stone
92
What advantage did the Mesopotamian plains have?
the land was lower than the level of the water
the water lay higher than the mountains
the land was at a lower elevation that the valley
the land and water were at equal elevation
93
According to history, why were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon created?
a monument to acknowledge Marduk the supreme god of the sky
a gift for Nebuchadnezzar's wife because she missed her home
a hiding place for Hammurabi to get away from stress
a temple for Sargon so he can worship the God of sandstorms
94
Who is the worlds first mythical hero?
Gilgamesh
Ishtar
Nanna
Shamash
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Mesopotamia cities were called city-states, what does that mean
a city and its surrounding rivers and lakes
A city and its surrounding farmland
land conquered by nomads
a city and a neighboring land
96
Polytheism is the belief in what?
more than one god
all gods
only two gods
none of these
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What animals were domesticated in Mesopotamia?
shrimp, horses, and chicken
rooster, goat, and duck
cattle, pig, and sheep
mule, rabbit, and hog
98
In the Persians' religion, they believed that there was a heaven and a what?
Afterlife
That other place that is described as HOT
None of these
Netherworld
99
Which regular shape does Cuneiform writing is in many of its designs?
Circle
Square
Rectangle
Triangle
100
The Phoenicians made ships of what wood?
redwood
oak
cedar
birch
101
Mesopotamia civilization fell to what culture led by this leader?
Cyrus the Great
Julius Caesar
Alexander the Great
Confucius
102
Sham-shi Adad encouraged his citizens to do this with his empire?
making new laws
trading products
winning wars
sharing ideas
103
Name the ruler who created the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
Sargon
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar 2
Sham-Shi Adad
104
Which of the following may have been foods from ancient Mesopotamia?
rice, curry sauce, beef, and bananas
chicken, apples, oranges and rice
wheat, barley, chickpeas, and figs
ham, noodles, corn, and grapes
105
This scientist encouraged archaeologists to stop treasure hunting
Edith Hill
Gertrude Bell
Margaret Bernauer
Bertha Wilson
106
What did the Mesopotamians export to other regions?
wood and stone
Cloth and grain
bricks and animals
gold and wine
107
He discovered ancient seals and discovered Sumerian cities
Ernest de Sarzec
Larry Maher
Gerry Jones
Bill Smith
108
How did the Sumerians maintain the irrigation system?
Built shadufs and wells
Built aqueducts and gates
all of these
Built canals and dams
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How many letters did the Phoenician's have in their alphabet?
22
26
17
10
110
What does the word "neo" mean?
none
new
now
never
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Whom did young girls learn from in the ancient World?
Older Sister
Grandmother
Grandfather
Mother
112
One achievement the Assyrians created was a what?
fire department
city hall
police department
library
113
A deposit of fertile soil was left and the Mesopotamians grew it into crops, what was it called
Silt
Clay
Dirt
Flowers
114
The ancients created a lunar calendar & in a new moon in the sky, what did the ancients do?
ran for their lives
added a 13th month
prayed to the kings to make the moon appear
called Jake from State Farm
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Mesopotamia city-states were governed how?
Together as one
Independently
None of these
Terribly
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What is oral tradition?
News article
Storytelling
Review
Commetary
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The Mesopotamian civilization existed from 5300 B.C. to 539 B.C. How many years did it exist?
5678 years
4761 years
4500 years
5639 years
118
Name the most important Phoenician contribution that we treasure today
marriage ceremonies
Porcelain
multiple gods
alphabet
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Hammurabi's laws were based on the concept of what?
an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
repaying the victims back for what they have lost
compensation
the kings revenge to get back at the nomads
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autobiographies, old diaries, photos
primary sources
secondary sources
121
Sumer was an ancient region in Mesopotamia. Where was Sumer located?
Southern part of Mesopotamia
Eastern part of Mesopotamia
Western part of Mesopotamia
Northern part of Mesopotamia
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One of the first kings to appoint laws within his kingdom was?
Nebuchadnezzar II
Sargon
Shamshi-Adad
Hammurabi
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What did the Mesopotamians think their Gods could control?
Crops
Everything
Affect their lives
Nothing
