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Ch. 2 Test Review: Egypt and Western Asia
Ch. 2 Test Review: Egypt and Western Asia
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“Mesopotamia” means The land...
above the sea
between two rivers
inside the valley
near the desert
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Farming in ancient Mesopotamia resulted in an abundance of food, which
caused overpopulation
often rotted causing illness
eneabled civilization to emerge
produced inflation
3
The history of Egypt begins around 3100 B.C., when
a volcano at Giza erupted.
the Nile River flooded.
Menes united Upper and Lower Egypt.
the first pyramid collapsed.
4
Hammurabi is remembered for
overthrowing the Akkadian empire
his law code, a collection of 282 laws
inventing the first bicycle
creating the first post office
5
What are the “ten lost tribes”?
ten cities
the “Sea Peoples”
Egyptian traders
scattered Israelite tribes
6
TRUE OR FALSE: The Nile River is the longest river in the world.
True
False
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TRUE OR FALSE: The Hittites were the first people to use iron.
True
False
8
A theocracy is a government in which
leaders rule by divine authority.
a council of elders makes all the laws
the military ruled the people.
only women could rule.
9
Modern historians havedivided Egyptian history into three major periods
old kingdom, middle kingdom, new kingdom
super, old, old, young
twilight, breaking dawn, oh please god make it stop!
osiris, isis,axum
10
Hieratic script, a simplified version of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing, was used
for business transactions, and the needs of daily life.
only by the nobles as a way of communicating with the gods
by the blind, as a type of braille.
by peasants, who were too uneducated to read.
11
TRUE OR FALSE: When Israel divided into two kingdoms, they had an equal number of "tribes."
False
True
12
TRUE OR FALSE: Hammurabi based his rule on a system of strict justice.
False
True
13
What is the importance of the Phoenician alphabet?
could be read backwards
first alphabet to use words
had capital letters
basis for English alphabet
14
The invention of cuneiform is credited to
the Spanish
Odysseus
the Phoenicians
the Sumerians
15
Which Egyptian god is associated with resurrection?
Seth
Isis
Osiris
Atum
16
The first
empire
in world history was the ____ Empire.
British
Akkadian
Eskimo
Sumerian
17
Around 2340 B.C., Sargon, the leader of the Akkadians,
established the world’s first city-states
set up the first empire in world history.
overran Paris, the largest city in the world
choked to death on a piece of beef
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TRUE OR FALSE: The first great king of the Israelites was Saul.
False
True
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The religion of Judaism differed from the other religions of the time in that it
it believed in reincarnation
it was monotheistic
it believed in no higher power whatsoever
it was polytheistic
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Unlike the leaders of other religions of the time, Jewish prophets
were required to burn the sacred texts
were believed to be directly descended from God
could not claim they alone knew the will of God
often gave up their beliefs
