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Ancient Mesopotamia
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Was Hammurabi's code fair to everyone?
It was fair to all people
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It was fair to most people but not slaves and poor people
2
The earliest forms of writing were to keep a record of..
Agriculture
religious
Family tree
laws
3
Hammurabi's codes were harsh and strict.
False
True
4
Which of the following is a primary source from the neolithic age? (They were there or something from that time)
an encyclopedia article
A research paper from a student
A non-fiction book
Photograph of a cave painting
5
What was the need for writing in early civilizations?
To keep track of livestock and the exchange of goods
Proper capitalization and grammer
Writing messages to each other
To be better than everyone else
6
PERSIC stands for..
Political, Euphrates, Religion, Social Structure, Intellectual, Culture
Political, Economy, Religion, Social Structure, Intellectual, Culture
Political, Economy, Religion, Social Structure, Intellectual, Crime
Polytheistic, Economy, Religion, Social Structure, Intellectual, Culture
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A primary source is...
A paper written after the fact
Someone who heard it second-hand
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Someone who was there
8
Why do the lines of longitude come together as they move?
All lines of longitude meet at the North Pole
To make boarders
To show population
To show flat land
9
The two rivers in Mesopotamia were called..
Euphrates and Sargon
Tigris and Euphrates
Tigris and Sumer
Euphrates and Zagros
10
Ancient Writing is called..
Cuneiform
Latin
Greek
Hieroglyphics
11
The wagon, cart & chariot all came from the invention of the...
Plow
Irrigation
Tilling soil
Wheel
12
Rivers were used for protective barriers around civilizations
True
False
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13
What did Hammurabi want his code of laws to do?
Make everyone be religious
Create Order in society
Create peace with other empires
Make everyone equal
14
The equator is an imaginary line that divides the Earth into a Northern and Southern hemisphere
True
False
15
The following is the eastern hemisphere..
True
False
16
Slaves and Peasants in the middle class were highly educated.
True
False
17
How did ancient people deal with flooding from the Tigris and Euphrates river?
They made boats
They made walls of stone
Irrigation Channels
They dug walls of Earth
18
What geography would help the most with farming?
Rivers nearby
Desert Land
Hot dry climate
Volcanic land
19
What does a society need to have before the division of labor occurs?
a common religious faith
a food surplus
a common religious faith
a writing system
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How did plows help farmers?
It helped domesticate animals
Helps farmers be more productive
Allowed farmers to go more than one crop at once
Helped development tools
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Sumer was a decentralized collection of city-states. What does this mean?
There was no King over the whole region
Each city had its own religion
There was no capital city
each city state had its own language
