Egypt, Sumer, Israelites

Question 1

Ancient Egyptians used this for everyday writing

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Papyrus

Question 2

What was the god Osiris important to Egyptians?

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He was ruler of the underworld & afterlife

Question 3

The holy text of the Hebrew people is known as

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The Torah

Question 4

The Ten Commandments are laws that the Jews believe God gave them through

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Moses

Question 5

What is the marshy area formed by silt deposits at the mouth of some rivers called?

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delta

Question 6

What was the Sumerian form of writing that used wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets called?

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Cuneiform

Question 7

What was the key to unlocking the meaning of ancient Egyptian writing?

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Rosetta Stone

Question 8

Where did the world's first civilization develop?

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Sumer

Question 9

The Egyptians removed internal organs before mummifying their dead.

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True

Question 10

What was the purpose of a ziggurat in a Sumerian civilization?

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Provide home for gods & goddesses

Question 11

The ziggurat was a place of worship.

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True

Question 12

Who was the first king of the united Israelites in their new capital, Jerusalem?

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David

Question 13

Egyptians believed they would go to another world after they died.

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True

Question 14

What was the world's first monotheistic religion?

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Judaism

Question 15

Who led the Israelites out of bondage (slavery) in Egypt?

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Moses

Question 16

What is the scattering of the Jews across different parts of the world known as?

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Diaspora

Question 17

In ancient Egyptian society, most people were

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Peasant farmers

Question 18

How did the beliefs of the Israelites differ from those of most nearby peoples?

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They believed in one god

Question 19

What was the purpose of the Great Pyramids in ancient Egypt?

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They were tombs.

Question 20

The Phoenician alphabet had symbols that represented basic sounds.

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True

Question 21

Why did Egyptians believe that mummification was necessary?

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They needed their bodies in the afterlife

Question 22

The belief in many gods is called

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polytheism

Question 23

Only priests could go into the top of the ziggurat, where the god lived.

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True

Question 24

According to Egyptian beliefs, the pharaohs received the right to rule from

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the gods

Question 25

The Egyptian form of writing where symbols or pictures represent concepts or sounds is called

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Hieroglyphics

Question 26

The belief in one god is known as

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monotheism

Question 27

Hammurabi's Code was important because it was the first time laws

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Were put into writing

Question 28

Which groups made up the majority of both the Mesopotamian & Egyptian social orders?

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Peasant Farmers & Slaves

Question 29

Egyptians lived along the Euphrates River.

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False

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