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Why did priests play an important role in Sumerian city-states?
they were the most educated people
only priests could communicate with the gods
They were the oldest
They were the only people
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person who mummified the body of a deceased person
Embalmer
Artisan
Mummifier
Pharoah
3
The following years are in the correct order: 1000BC 2500BC 2700BC 3000BC 34000BC 3650BC
True
False
4
Code of laws that emphasized strict laws and harsher punishments
Hammurabi's Code
Queen Hatshepsut's Rules
Babylonian Law
Code of Ramses II
5
In cuneiform, Sumerian scribes used what to represent words, sounds, or ideas?
Voices
Square Shaped Symbols
Circular Shaped Symbols
Wedge Shaped Symbols
6
The Egyptian civilization was located on the __________ River
Tigris
Indus
Nile
Euphrates
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This is delivered from the flood waters of the Nile River
Monotheistic
Soil
Silt
Cataract
8
UNITED BABYLONIAN EMPIRE BY PUBLISHING A SET OF LAWS KNOWN AS THE CODE
Darius
Sargon
Hammurbai
Nebuchadnezzar
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BECAME SKILLED SAILORS AND TRADESMEN
Hammurabi
Darius
Nebuchadnezzar
Phoenicians
10
system of writing that uses triangular shaped symbols to stand for words, sounds, and ideas
Sanskrit
Cuneiform
Olde English
Hieroglyphics
11
INTRODUCED THE SKILL OF IRONWORKING TO THE REGION
Hammurabi
Egyptians
Sumerians
Mesopotamians
12
Ruling family
Empire
King
Kingdom
Dynasty
13
belief in more then one god
Monotheistic
Polytheistic
14
Which are examples of how the Nile shaped ancient Egypt?
provided trade routes
provided silt for farming
provided transportation
All of the Above
15
The largest group of people in the Babylonian Empire included
Farmers, Priests, Slaves
Artisans, Farmers, Priests
Farmers, Artisans, Slaves
Slaves, Nobles, Artisans
16
Sumer was located between the _____________ river and the
___________
river
Euphrates and Nile
Tigris and Nile
Tigris and Euphrates
Spring and Fall
17
Which of the following was an
NOT
accomplishment of Hammurabi
Invented the wheel
King of Babylon
United the Persians
Code of Laws
18
Pyramid or temple dedicated to chief god/goddess of ancient Sumerian city - state
Great Sphinx
Great Pyramid
King Tut's Pyramid
Ziggurat
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Which was
NOT
1
st
accomplished by the Sumerians
Wheeled Vehicles
Used Iron
Calendar
Developed Cunieform
20
In the Phoenician alphabet, symbols were used to represent
Numbers
People
Letters
Sounds
21
An area ruled by a distant country is called
State
Nation
Colony
Country
22
The Egyptians and Sumerians were both Monotheistic
True
False
23
The Nile River is the only river in the world that flows in this direction
West to South
South to North
East to West
North to South
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Scattering of people from their homeland
Embalmer
Monotheistic
Diaspora
Polytheistic
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A state containing several countries or territories is called
Ally
Colony
Empire
City - State
26
The main purpose of Hammurabi’s Code being written down was to
understand what will happen to you
to show he could write
figure what can get you killed
allow all people to see and know the laws
27
What was one thing the people of the Egyptian civilization looked forward to every year
Flooding of the Nile
Building the Pyramids
Flooding of the Tigris
Flooding of the Euphrates
28
What is suggested to be the strength of the Egyptian civilizations?
Nile River
Ramses II
Pyramids
Pharaohs
29
This civilization was located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
Egyptians
Sumerians
30
The land in which the Sumerian civilization took up was called the
Fertile Crescent
Sun Baked Desert
North America
Asia
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Waterfall of the Nile
Nile River
Delta
Silt
Cataract
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the practice of preserving the dead
Mummification
Embalmer
Artisan
Merchant
33
Which city was originally a Phoenician colony?
Carthage
Egypt
Italy
Rome
34
an independent state that includes a city and surrounding territory.
City - State
City
Empire
Colony
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system in which one set of goods or services is exchanged for another
Barter Economy
Money Economy
36
The Phoenicians were called the “carriers of civilization“
True
False
