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13. The belief in many gods is known as _________________.
a. monotheism
d. polytheism
b. agriculture
c. monarchy
2
Which letter is the Mediterranean Sea?
A
C
F
E
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Which statement is true about religious beliefs of Mesopotamia?
b.believed in many Gods that were connected to nature
d.believed in many Gods honored on top of the ziggurat
a. believed in only one God
c.believed in many Gods connected to seas/oceans
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6.What made land travel and trade easier in ancient Mesopotamia?
a. the use of wheeled carts
b.the invention of paved roads
c.the construction of metal boats
d. the use of the plow
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2. Who is most remembered for compiling a set of 282 laws in ancient Mesopotamia?
a. Gilgamesh
b. Hammurabi
d. Moses
c. Abraham
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3. Which was most affected by the coining of money, the invention of the wheel and cuneiform?
d. farming
a. religion
c. warfare
b. trade
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8.The Sumerians developed the first alphabet-based system of writing called?
c. pictographs
b. cuneiform
d. petroglyphs
a. hieroglyphics
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9.City-states fought over which two natural resources?
d. land and water
c. oil and gold
b. gold and water
a. food and oil
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12.Sumer was made up of several independent______________, a city & its surrounding farmland
a. agriculture
c. city-states
b. monarchy
d. polytheism
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Which letter is the Euphrates River?
D
A
C
B
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7.What natural resource was brought to Mesopotamia city-states by the flooding of the Tigris/Ephrates?
d. the abundant supply of fish
c. nutrient rich silt
b. clean drinking water
a. clay for bricks
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1. How did farmers in Mesopotamia get water for their fields?
a. from groundwater under fields
d. through a system of irrigation
b. from the Persian Gulf
c. waited for a rainstorm
13
Which letter is the Tigris River?
B
D
C
A
14
Which letter is the Zagros Mountains?
A
C
B
D
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Which letter is the Persian Gulf?
F
C
A
E
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11.Traders shipped goods to other civilizations by sending them on river boats to Persian Gulf.
a. True
b. False
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14.The system of government in which a king or queen rules is called _______________.
a.polytheism
d. monotheism
c. agriculture
b. monarchy
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4. Who had the fewest rights in Sumer?
b. scribes
a. slaves
c. nobles
d. farmers
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What are natural resources?
complex society with a central government, religion and learning
the domestication of plants and animals
a belief in many gods
found in nature and useful to humans; lake, minerals, water, etc.
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16.The belief in one god is known as _______________.
b. agriculture
a. monarchy
c. monotheism
d. polytheism
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What is culture?
c.small group of people
d.unique way of life that sets a group of people apart from others
b.organized group with rules & traditions
a.society with government, religion, & learning
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5.People settled near the Tigris & Euphrates Rivers. Which one explains why they settled there?
b.area had natural defenses, making it safe from invasion
c.area controlled by ruler who had powerful military
d.contained natural resources to ensure steady food supply
a.area was surrounded by deserts, which made travel hard
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15.The domestication of plants and animals is called_______________.
b. agriculture
d. city-states
a. polytheism
c. monarchy
24
Which letter is the Fertile Crescent?
D
B
A
C
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10. Why did Hammurabi have copies of his laws carved into stone & placed at important location?
a.to show the power he had to punish anyone in the kingdom
b.to make sure that everyone could see & follow same laws
c.to help visitors to Babylon understand customs of people
d.give people ofBabylon chance to comment/change unjust law
