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This is a review of the material studied in class about the Ancient Middle East
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Which of the following in an achievement of the Sumerians that we use daily?
square roots in math
falling water clock
printing press
wheeled vehicle
2
True/False Monotheism means a belief in many gods
True
False
3
True/False The Hebrews were conquered by the Babylonians
True
false
4
The Ten Commandments and the Code of Hammurabi are both
applicable only to the Hebrews
Sets of Punishments
Different depending on social class
Moral codes of behavior
5
Which of the following is
NOT
true of the first writing system?
It was developed by the Greeks
It was recorded on tablets made of clay.
It began with the use of pictures to represent syllables.
It was first used to keep business records.
6
King Assurbanipal of Assyria is best known for
Building the first library
His law code
Conquering the Hebrews
7
Hammurabi's Codes is important in world history because it was an early
set of symbols that allowed the Sumerian to communicate
form a of writing to record important events
written list of law that controlled people's daily life
writing system that helped Phoenicians to be great traders
8
What is the most important contribution of the Phoenicians to our civilization?
their alphabet
purple dye
founding of Carthage
sailing ships
9
Instead of using pictographs, Sumerians developed a type of writing called ______.
epics
cuneiform
primary source
scribe
10
In Hammurabi's laws, what does an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth mean?
If you can't pay rent you get a broken arm and lost tooth.
They should take your eye and run.
If you hurt someone, you should feel the same pain.
You trade eyes and teeth for no reason.
11
King ____________ revived Babylon and built the hanging gardens for his wife
Hammurabi
Abraham
Nebuchadnezzar
Cyrus
12
Hammurabi's law compared to our laws today
address all aspects of daily life.
treat everyone fairly.
had harsher penalties.
13
Sumeria was organized into ______ which consisted of a city and surrounding lands.
city-states
polytheism
rural
canals
14
Which statement does not describe the location of Mesopotamia?
along the Nile River
in the Fertile Crescent
along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
in the Modern Middle East
15
The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Torah.....
All of the above
from the Middle East
tell historians about ancient people
are pieces of writing
16
Which king of Mesopotamia instituted a code of laws for his people to live by?
Gilgamesh
Sargon
Nebuchadnezzar
Hammurabi
17
What shape did a ziggurat resemble?
pointed pyramid
tower
flattened pyramid
square
18
Which of the following was a positive effect of the Tigris and Euphrates River flooding?
It left behind silt, and fertile soil
It allowed the Mesopotamians to build nicer houses.
The Mesopotamians focused on other careers besides farming.
It washed away the crops.
19
Mesopotamian farmers built ________ to irrigate their fields.
surplus
Irrigation systems
chariots
ziggurats
20
The _____________ discovered how to create iron from ore
Babylonians
Persians
Assyrians
Hittites
21
What was the purpose for building a wall around the city-state?
to store water for irrigation
to protect from attack
to keep livestock in the country
to keep people from fleeing
22
A writer from ancient times is known as a what?
epic
scribe
surplus
cuneiform
23
Which is an inference about why city-states fought each other for farmland?
Each city-state owned crops destroyed by natural causes.
Each city-state wanted to build walls around its farm.
Each city-state had only one skill, which was farming
Each city-state wanted to have enough farmland to grow food.
24
_______ United the Hebrew tribes into a single nation
Solomon
Saul
Moses
David
25
Solomon made _______ the capital of Israel
Canaan
Jerusalem
Ur
Mecca
26
The ________ were very war-like and violent. They created advanced weapons from Iron
Hittites
Phoenicians
Assyrians
Babylonians
27
The first monotheistic religion was
polytheism
Egyptian
Babylonian
Judaism
28
True/False The Persians Created the largest empire of the time
True
False
29
Who was the father of the Hebrews, and founder of Judaism
Sargon
Hammurabi
Cyrus
Abraham
