Section 2.2 and 2.3 Review

Question 1

What does "Mesopotamia" mean?

Accepted Answer

Land between two rivers

Question 2

Functions like an independent country. It includes a settlement and the land surrounding it

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city-state

Question 3

This leader developed the first written code of laws

Accepted Answer

Hammurabi

Question 4

What is a delta?

Accepted Answer

a marshy area with fertile soil at the mouth of a river

Question 5

This is the term for professional record keepers in ancient society

Accepted Answer

scribe

Question 6

several people, nations, or previously independent states under the control of one ruler

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empire

Question 7

a paper-like sheet made from reeds

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papyrus

Question 8

The term for a government based on religious authority is

Accepted Answer

theocracy

Question 9

Term for a long-lasting pattern of organization in a community

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institution

Question 10

What is shown in this picture?

Accepted Answer

ziggurat

Question 11

Who occupies the lowest level of Mesopotamian society?

Accepted Answer

slaves

Question 12

This system of writing was used in Ancient Egypt

Accepted Answer

hieroglyphics

Question 13

This is one of the effects of Mesopotamia trading with other civilizations

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cultural diffusion

Question 14

This is NOT an effect of Mesopotamia having few resources

Accepted Answer

building irrigation canals

Question 15

A leader in Ancient Egypt was called a...

Accepted Answer

Pharoah

Question 16

Mesopotamia and Egypt have this in common

Accepted Answer

Settlement near rivers

Question 17

Mesopotamia occupied part of this modern day country.

Accepted Answer

Iraq

Question 18

The system of writing used in Sumerian society

Accepted Answer

Cuneiform

Questions 18