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Review for Unit Test 3 (7th Grade-Ancient Civillizations)
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1
What started around 3,000 B.C. when artisans started making tools and weapons out of bronze?
The Stone Age
The Bronze Age
The Babylonian Empire
The Jurassic Age
2
Why did the gods destroy the world with a flood?
Humans were making too much noisewhile they were sleeping.
The gods lost a poker game
The humans defeated the gods in a game of strength
The humans defied the gods laws
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Why did civilizations start in Mesopotamia?
a. There was a lot of gold and silver in the region.
People travelling through the region got lost and settled.
Farming was good and a surplus allowed population to grow.
It was close to rivers so people were able to trade.
4
What is Bas Relief?
A type of 3-D drawing
A type of painting.
A form of mosaic tiles
Sculpture where the image is raised above the background
5
The Tower of Babel was
A large tower in the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
A temple where everyone babbled
Destroyed by a large earthquake
A massive Ziggurat
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A Ziggurat is
A Mesopotamian god.
A war chariot with four wheels.
A city that was taken over by Sargon of Akkad.
A religious temple.
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What does Mesopotamia mean?
Land between two rivers
A very messy region
Land of strong warriors
The land in Mesoamerica
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In Mesopotamia, the gods created humans
Out of water in order to fight for them.
From a monkey in order to worship them.
Out of a rib bone in order to populate the earth
Out of clay in order to farm for them.
9
Assyrians invented
The Sail
Ziggurats
The Wheel
Battering Rams
10
Two of the greatest inventions of Mesopotamia were:?
a. Antibiotics and musical instruments.
a. The microscope and writing.
a. The boat and the broad sword.
a. The wheel and writing.
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Because Assyria was constantly invaded
The people never learned to read or write.
It remained weak and powerless.
They became very powerful warriors and fighters.
Their rulers were angry and mean to their people.
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The land of Mesopotamia was?
Lush rain forests and large mountains.
Hot, dry and the rivers flooded.
Wet swamp land and bogs.
Rolling grasslands and deserts.
13
Two major empires in Mesopotamia were?
Huang Dynasty and Min Dynasty.
Babylonian Empire and Assyrian Empire.
Persian Empire and Roman Empire.
Hun Empire and Greek Empire.
14
King Hammurabi was?
Created Babylonian Empire and then lost it to the Assyrians.
Created a code of laws but was a weak and ineffective ruler.
Conquered the city of Mari and claimed himself as a god.
Greatest ruler of Babylon who created a written code of law
15
Mesopotamia was located in modern day
Iraq, Syria, and Turkey
Iran,Iraq and Istanbul.
Saudi Arabia, Iran and India
Iran,Iraq and Egypt.
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Polytheism means?
a. More than one social class.
a. Belief in more than one religion.
a. Belief in more than one god.
a. Marrying more than one wife.
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First form of writing on clay tablets invented in Sumerians circa 3,200 B.C.
Hieroglyphics
Linear B
Phoenician Alphabet
Cuneiform
18
What was Nineveh
Capital of Assyrian Empire and center of learning
A mythical land mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Was a character in one the first Cuneiform stories.
Was the capital city of the Persian Empire.
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Nebuchadnezzar II was
Kingof Babylonian who conquered Egypt
Babylonian king that rewrote Hammurabi’s Code.
Chaldean king who rebuilt Babylon and built Hanging Gardens
King who built Tower of Babel.
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It is an Arc shaped region in Arabia with fertile land (good for growing crops).
Persian Empire
Fertile Crescent
Indus River Valley
Ark of the Covenenat
