Chapter 2 Civilizations: Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Persia

Question 1

What Phoenician city is famous for it's dye?

Accepted Answer

Tyre

Question 2

Which Mesopotamian King was said to have constructed the Haning Gardens?

Accepted Answer

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 3

What people put an end to the rule of the Assyrians and the Babylonians?

Accepted Answer

Persians

Question 4

Who was the Great Pyramis of Giza built for?

Accepted Answer

Khufu

Question 5

The Middle Kingdom made improvements through?

Accepted Answer

Trade

Question 6

Who united the various israelite tribes to form one nation?

Accepted Answer

David

Question 7

Where was Ramses II famous temple built?

Accepted Answer

Abu Simbel

Question 8

What was the population of Ur at its height?

Accepted Answer

65,000

Question 9

Which Mesopotamia city has an unknown location?

Accepted Answer

Akkad

Question 10

Hammurabi created the largest Mesopotamian Empire.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

Which civilization was known as a warrior society?

Accepted Answer

Assyrians

Question 12

The form of writing used in mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

cuneiform

Question 13

What language was spoken by most of the people throughout the history of Ancient Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

Akkadian

Question 14

The "promise land" of the Israelites?

Accepted Answer

Canaan

Question 15

Which Pharaohs tomb was found untouched for 3000 years?

Accepted Answer

Tutankhmun

Question 16

Gilgamesh was the King of which city?

Accepted Answer

Uruk

Question 17

The Tower of Babel was built in the city of?

Accepted Answer

Eridu

Question 18

What major invention of the Sumerians had a large impact on early civilization?

Accepted Answer

writing

Question 19

The famous "Tyrian Dye" is made from...?

Accepted Answer

sea snails

Question 20

What was the largest empire of Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

Assyria

Question 21

The Phoenicians conquered the Israelites.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 22

The judgement of Osiris took place in the Hall of....?

Accepted Answer

Maat

Question 23

The region to the south of Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Nubia

Question 24

The first major pyramid was built at Saqqara.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

Which is not an Abrahamic religion?

Accepted Answer

Zoroasterism

Question 26

The most famous vizier of Egypt?

Accepted Answer

Imhotep

Question 27

Tyrian Dye is made by milking sea snails.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 28

Who united all of Akkad?

Accepted Answer

Sargon

Question 29

What did the Egyptians use as a guide through the underworld?

Accepted Answer

Book of the Dead

Question 30

Who was the wife of Akhenaten?

Accepted Answer

Nefertiti

Question 31

The Assyrians used this type of metal.

Accepted Answer

iron

Question 32

These people occupied the delta region?

Accepted Answer

Hittites

Question 33

The wheel's first use was for chariots.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 34

The animal that was the symbol of the Upper Kingdom?

Accepted Answer

Vulture

Question 35

How do we know so much about ancient Mesopotamia?

Accepted Answer

clay tablets

Question 36

Sumerian cities are considered the worlds first civilizations.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 37

Who was responsible for creating the first written laws?

Accepted Answer

Hammurabi

Question 38

The Egyptian Anhk symbol is associated with which god?

Accepted Answer

Isis

Question 39

The Mesopotamian river to the north is ?

Accepted Answer

Tigris

Question 40

What did the Egyptians place the organs of the dead in?

Accepted Answer

Canopic Jars

Question 41

What country is ancient mesopotamia located in?

Accepted Answer

Iraq

Question 42

Who introduced monotheism in Persia?

Accepted Answer

Zoroaster

Question 43

Who established the first dynasty in the world?

Accepted Answer

Sargon

Question 44

Xerxes founded the Persian Empire

Accepted Answer

False

Question 45

Nineveh is known for its?

Accepted Answer

library

Question 46

How many days did the mummification process take?

Accepted Answer

70

Question 47

Which Egyptian God shared monotheistic characteristics?

Accepted Answer

Aten

Question 48

The king who founded Jerusalem?

Accepted Answer

Solomon

Question 49

What animal was associated with the lower kingdom?

Accepted Answer

cobra

Question 50

The Sumerians used the first wheel

Accepted Answer

True

Question 51

Natron was used in the mummification process to....?

Accepted Answer

dehydrate

Question 52

Which Egyptian God was responsible for devouring unworthy souls?

Accepted Answer

Ammut

Question 53

Who discovered the Rosetta Stone?

Accepted Answer

Napoleon

Question 54

Who chopped his brother into pieces and doomed him to rule the underworld?

Accepted Answer

Seth

Question 55

The Nile River is how many miles long?

Accepted Answer

4000

Question 56

Satraps were govenors of Mesopotamia.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 57

Standing armies were first formed during the Old Kingdom of Egypt?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 58

A ruling governor of the Persian Empire is known as a...?

Accepted Answer

Satrap

Question 59

Abraham libertaed the Israelites from Egypt.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 60

Who was the judge of the underworld in Egypt

Accepted Answer

Osiris

Question 61

The egyptian scarab was also called?

Accepted Answer

dung bettle

Chapter 2 Civilizations: Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Persia

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Chapter 2 Civilizations: Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Persia

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