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Ancient Sumer and the Fertile Crescent
Ancient Sumer and the Fertile Crescent
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1
Which had a irrigation system that involved a complex and artificial networking of canals?
Egyptian
Olmec
Sumerian
Chinese
2
Sumer, Akkad, and Assyria would be located in which world-region in present day?
Europe
Africa
Asia
The Middle East
3
Who was the first to conquer the Fertile Crescent, beginning the first ever empire?
Nebuchadnezzar
Darius
Hammurabi
Sargon
4
What creations of the Sumerians is still
widely
used in the US today?
Cuneiform writing and Pictograms.
A mathematical system based on 10’s
Religion and Building techniques
A 360 degree circle and a 60 minute hour
5
Which creation of Ancient Babylon was one of the 8 wonders of the Ancient World?
The Pyramids
The Great Wall
The Hanging Gardens
The Colossus
6
In a barter economy you would trade wheat for what?
Written checks (IOU’S)
Coins
Paper Money
Sugar, Rice, Wood, or other trade goods
7
The government of Ancient Sumer was ruled by who?
Hereditary kings, one in each city state
A single god-king like the Pharaoh in Egypt
One King who ruled over all of Sumer
An elected king who changed every few years
8
Which was the most influential contribution that came out of Mesopotamian civilizations?
Irrigation Canals
Cuneiform: First writing system
System of Written Laws
The Wheel
9
Which river was to the
South
of Sumer, its violent floods depositing silt on its banks
Euripides
Euphrates
Tigers
Tigris
10
This ruler of Akkad invaded and conquered the city-states of Sumer in 2300 B.C.
Hammurabi
Nebuchadnezzar
Sargon
Assurbanipal
11
This ruler created a strict code that had “eye for an eye” penalties that were often severe.
Sargon
Assurbanipal
Nebuchadnezzar
Hammurabi
12
Which river was to the
North
of Sumer, its violent floods depositing silt on its banks
Tigris
Tigers
Euphrates
Euripides
13
How many social classes do we think existed in Ancient Sumer?
2
1
3
4
14
When was cuneiform first created?
3200 BCE
2100 BCE
31 BCE
32090 BCE
15
Women could do which of the following in Ancient
Sumer
?
Own Property
Rule when their husbands were away if he was King
Borrow and Loan money
16
Mesopotamia was located between which two rivers?
Trojan and Euclydian
Tyres and Eulapies
Tigers and Elephants
Tigris and Euphrates
17
What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land of Writing
Across Wide Rivers
Beyond Old Egypt
Between two Rivers
18
An inscribed stone pillar that displayed Hammurabi's Code.
pen
column
pick
stele
19
Kings ruled over cities and their surrounding territory that together make...
City-states
Towns
Empires
Castles