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World History - Topic 2 (Ancient Middle East and Egypt)
World History - Topic 2 (Ancient Middle East and Egypt)
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1
Which ancient civilization developed the first alphabet?
Phoenicians
Sumerians
Hittites
Persians
2
The _____ conquered the Egyptians during the Middle Kingdom, using new war technology.
Persians
Assyrians
Sumerians
Hyksos
3
The _____ is the most sacred text of Judaism.
Rig Veda
Torah
Koran
Bible
4
Why did Egyptians bury possessions with their dead?
to display the family's wealth and privelege
to sustain the ka in the afterlife
so the ka would recognize the body
because Egyptians did not pass possessions to family members
5
In ancient Egypt, most people were...
merchants
viziers
peasant farmers
pharaohs
6
Which system of laws guided the ancient Jews in setting up a society and government?
Ten Commitments
Ten Commandments
Constitution
Hammurabi's Code
7
Which organ was usually left in the body during mummification?
heart
kidneys
stomach
liver
8
Ziggurats were a central feature of ____________ city-states
Babylonian
Persian
Egyptian
Sumerian
9
Which Egyptian pharaoh believed that Egyptians should only worship one god?
Akhenaton
Cyrus
Ramses
Menes
10
What did the Persians use to communicate throughout their very large empire?
well maintained roads and rest stations
AOL instant messenger
an alphabet that consisted of 22 letters
a complicated series of smoke signals
11
The Assyrians were especially known for...
establishing a monotheistic religion.
allowing their conquered to keep their customs and beliefs
developing the first known system of writing.
using terror to govern the people they conquered.
12
Who wrote the first codified set of laws?
Sargon I
Darius I
Ramses the Great
Hammurabi
13
The richest account of Mesopotamian myths and legends appear in a poem called...
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Illiad
The Epigoni
The Odyssey
14
In ancient Egypt, the ___ was a spiritual part of a human that continued to live after death
ka
aton
ba
akh
15
Why did pharaohs have absolute power in Egypt?
The kingdom was small enough to be ruled by a single person
Egyptians believed the pharaohs were gods in human form
they ruled using terror
Egyptians used a strong military to maintain power
16
She is considered the longest reigning female pharaoh
Tutankhamen
Ramses
Hatshepsut
Menes
17
Why was Judaism different from other religions of the time?
it was monotheistic
followers believed in a form of afterlife
it was polytheistic
it had no sacred text or book
18
Which of the following is NOT a period of ancient Egypt?
Old Kingdom
New Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
Menes Kingdom
19
Who is the father/founder of Judaism?
Moses
Job
Abraham
Jesus
20
After conquering the Sumerians, the Akkadians, under Darius I's leadership, created...
the first war chariots used in battle.
the world's first empire.
the first ziggurats.
a road from present day Turkey to China.
21
____ is located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
Mesopotamia
The Arabian Peninsula
The Zagros Mountain Range
The Fertile Crescent
22
The Fertile Crescent stretches from the Persian Gulf to the _______.
Greek peninsula
Atlantic Ocean
Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea
23
Which ancient civilization developed the first system of writing?
Persians
Babylonians
Sumerians
Egyptians
24
Why is King Tutankhamen the most well known pharaoh in the modern day?
his military successes were greater than any other pharaoh
his tomb was found in 1922, was untouched for 3000 years
he created the first monotheistic religion
he helped expand Egyptian culture throughout the world
25
What were the earliest forms of writing used for?
personal communications
texting and snapchatting
literature
government and business record-keeping
26
In Egypt's Old Kingdom, what was the role of the vizier?
leaders of the temples
farming the land
preparing bodies for the afterlife by mummifying them
managing government matters such as tax collection
27
Ancient Egyptians developed a form of picture writing called...
cuneiform
pictographs
hieroglyphics
elamite script
28
What event marked the beginning of ancient Egyptian history?
the Nile river flooded for the first time
the great pyramid was built in Giza
Ramses defeated the Hyksos
Menes united Upper and Lower Egypt
29
Due to his military achievements and artistic legacy, no other pharaoh is admired as much as...
Tutankhamen
Ramses the Great
Hatshepsut
Akhenaten
30
The Israelites believed that God made a contract with them called a(n)
prophet
alphabet
law
covenant
