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Slaves in Mesopotamian (Sumerian) Society were
the Lower Class
none of these
prisoners
volunteers
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Hammurabi's rules are an example of...
code of law, where everyone had to follow them
succession
surplus
civilization
3
Sumerian art was exemplified by these:
sails
paintings
temples / ziggurats
mosaics
4
Who is right under the Priests on a Sumerian social pyramid?
slaves
upper class
farmers
traders
5
CUNEIFORM was originally used to keep:
business records
family trees
6
the watering of crops
domestication
agriculture
writing system
irrigation
7
What does this Egyptian symbol represent?
The Uniting of Upper and Lower Egypt
a bowling pin
The Two Rivers: Tigris & Euphrates
The Nile is the world's longest river.
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The _____________ was the top of the Egyptian Social Period because they were a theocracy.
Pharaoh
Noble / Upper Class
Priest
Military Leader
9
Being good at a particular task is called...
polytheism
social hierarchy
specialization
domestication
10
Hammurabi's laws were based on:
Sumerian rules
retribution
paying fines only
equality for all, regardless of social class
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Education was important in Sumer, but primarily if you were a...
boy
girl
12
Another word for culture
tradition
government
artifact
institution
13
What is this?
ziggurat
temple
empire
king
14
Sargon was the world's first emperor. What did he control?
only the army
a single city-state
his facial hair
an empire
15
Assyrians were warriors (as well as traders); Babylonians were builders; and Sumerians were:
painters
craftpersons / inventors.
conquerors of faraway lands
monotheistic
16
tools and methods to help humans perform tasks
artifacts
irrigation
civilization
technology
17
The Middle Kingdom ended due to invasions by the:
Sumerians
Assyrians
Babylonians
Hyksos
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A civilization is....
an organized society within a specific area
the belief in many gods
people who move from place to place
land with different territories and peoples with one ruler
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the belief in many gods
monotheism
polytheism
ziggurat
succession
20
On the city streets of Babylon, people had a system for their trash. What was it?
putting in into the Euphrates River
Burning it on the top of the Ziggurat
Throwing it on the street
collecting it every 7 days. That's why there are 7 days in a week.
21
What river lies to the North in Mesopotamia?
Tigris
Mississippi
Euphrates
Nile
22
The city and the surrounding farmland is called a...
irrigation
code of law
political district
city-state
23
Egyptian Geography:
The Red Land was called that due to the dark soil / silt.
The Nile's Delta was easy to traverse.
Cataracts were man-made irrigation tools
The Nile has desert on both sides.
24
Which statements about ancient burials are true? (pick 1)
Upper class Egyptians used mummification
The dead of Assyria may have been placed in their own home.
The Cities of Ur and Uruk used the Book of the Dead.
Both Egyptians and Babylonians used mummification.
25
more than what one needs to survive
specialization
technology
succession
surplus
26
People who write and take records are known as
scribes
prophets
satraps
nomads
27
Goods exchanged for other goods (but not money) is called...
bartering
polytheism
covenant
agriculture
28
An element of civilization (in the Ancient World) was to have....
social structure
government
just farming
stable food supply
29
Which statement is true?
Egyptians believed that a happy afterlife was possible.
Mesopotamians believed in a happy afterlife.
Mesopotamians believed that a feather was weighed against someone's sins.
There was no Egyptian afterlife.
30
Homes were made of sun-dried bricks, but the most important level of a Mesopotamian house is the...
roof
main level
basement
the 2nd from the top
31
city areas...
chariot
urban
pictographs
rural
32
To migrate is to (hint: nomads do this):
rule
judge
move
fish
33
tame animals and plants for human use
monotheism
irrigation
domesticate
succession
34
What is the job of priests in Sumerian society?
changed plants and animals to make them useful to humans
kept records by writing them down
interpreted the wishes of the gods
they were doctors
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Another word for farming
Irrigation
specialize
Urban
Agriculture
