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Sumerian and Phoenician civilizations
Sumerian and Phoenician civilizations
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Special ed self contained unit World civ course
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Where did the Phoenicians settle?
Along the eastern coast of the Unites States
Canaan- along the Mediterranean sea
Castpia -Along the Black sea
Northern African in what is now Libya
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What is the writing that Sumerians invented?
Arabic
Cuneiform
Old English
3
Which Hebrew leader lead the Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt?
Mohamed
Moses
Abraham
Noah
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What was the name of the Sumerian god who fought the giant dragon Tiamat?
Marduk
Siegfried
Tiamat
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What was Babylons first great ruler named?
Babyl Bill
Hammurabi
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What did Hammurabi do with his code in order to make sure everyone could access it?
Wrote it on every wall of the city
Wrote it on a large stone and put it on display
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What was unique about the Hebrew's religion?
They had 100s of gods
They only worshiped goddesses.
All of their gods had heads of animals.
They had only one god.
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What else did the Phoenicians offer us?
They developed an alphabet that only had 22 instead of 550.
They replaced writing with pictographs.
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What else did Sumerians contribute to civilization?
Ramps
Mythology
Armies
Arches
10
The Sumerian and Phoenician civilizations were build on which two rivers?
Yellow and Yangtze
Tigris and Euphrates
Mississippi and Missouri
11
What is the Holy book of the Hebrews known as today?
The Bhagavad Gita
The Holy book of the Hebrews
The Bible
The Quran
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What is the area of fertile land called in which Mesopotamia is located?
Jurassic park
The Bad Lands
The Fertile Crescent
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Who was the first official leader of the Hebrew people of the Canaan area?
Abraham
David
Solomon
Moses
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What new city state rose out of Akkad that became a very powerful empire?
Babylon
Hammurabylon
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What did Sumerians use to write on clay tablets with?
A piece of charcoal
A pencil
A stylus
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What set of laws did Hammurabi establish, which made everyone accountable, including himself?
Babylonian creed
Hammurabi code
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What were the Phoenicians especially good at?
Building good sailing ships and sailing
Building big arenas for sporting events
18
Who is the Hebrew god?
Marduk
Yahweh
19
What did Sargon I call his united kingdom?
Akkadia
Britain
20
Who is the first ruler to unite the city states of Sumeria?
Marduk
Akkad
Sargon I
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What is another name for the two empires of Sumeria and Phoenicia?
Castopia
Mesopotamia
Tigristia
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What was the large temple called that was the center of every Sumerian city?
Temple Square
Ziggurat
Pyramid plaza
