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A #mesopotamia and #egypt quiz for #review for the chapter 2 test
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1
A ziggurats main purpose was to....
To prevent flooding
To make a nice landscape
Keep the Gods and Goddesses happy
TO provide shelter
2
Osiris was so important to the ancient Egyptians because he was.....
A high priest
A powerful ruler
The sun god
God of the Nile
3
How did the Egyptians view the afterlife?
Only an underworld
Could be granted eternal life
There was no afterlife
Egyptians lived forever
4
Pharaohs received the right to rule from who?
Scribes
The people
The gods
Their mom
5
A type of writing where pictures represent concepts
Cuneiform
Alphabet
Scribes
Hieroglyphics
6
How did the Sumerians view the afterlife?
Dark and gloomy with no escape
A fiery hell
Depended on the person who died
A happy place
7
Mesopotamia was located between which two rivers?
Nile and Mississippi
Nile and Tigris
Tigris and Euphrates
Euphrates and Nile
8
Egypt was located in.....
Northeast Africa
Northwest Africa
Middle East
Southeast Africa
9
The pyramids at Giza were built during which Egyptian Kingdom?
Old Kingdom
Mesopotamian Kingdom
New Kingdom
Middle Kingdom
10
The number system which later civilizations would advance was created by who?
Egyptians
Sumerians
Babylonians
Persians
11
The switch from a barter economy to a money economy cam under who"s rule in Persia?
Rames II
Darius
Cyrus
Sargon
12
Iron was so important because it was used to...
Make weapons
Plant crops
Trade
Make homes
13
Who is credited with creating the worlds first empire?
Hammurabi
Darius
Cyrus
Sargon
14
In Ancient Egypt, government matters were supervised by who?
Vizer
President
Scribes
Farmers
15
Which group was the first group to work with Iron?
Hittites
Egyptians
Persians
Sumerians
16
Who introduced the idea of Heaven, Hell, and Judgement day to the Persians?
Nebuchadnezzar
Hammurabi
Zoroaster
The sun god
17
The marshy area formed at the mouth of some rivers is known as a...?
Silt
Waterfall
Delta
Cataract
18
The first set of laws to be written down were?
Hammurabis Code
Persian Law
Civil Laws
The Constitution
19
How were Pharaohs depicted in Egyptian hieroglyphics?
Holding the sun
With tons of money
With a sword
Larger than everyone else
20
In Greek, "Mesopotamia" means?
Between the Rivers
Land to conquer
Fertile Land
Land of many rivers
21
The first peace treaty in history was between who?
Egyptians and Hittites
Mesopotamia and Egypt
Hittites and Hyksos
Egyptians and Hyksos
22
Who was the Egyptian Sun-god
Osiris
Amon-re or Ra
Isis
Aten
23
Which river was not in the Fertile Crescent?
Mississippi
Tigris
Euphrates
Nile
24
The Hyksos brought ______ to the middle kingdom of Egypt?
Bows and Arrows
Disease
Horse-Drawn Chariots
Crops
25
Writing that consisted of wedge marks on clay
Cunieform
Algebra
Hieroglyphics
Alphabet
