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Early Human Civilizations and Ancient Mesopotamia
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Mr. Hunt's Ancient Mesopotamian test review.
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1
In what modern country was most of Mesopotamia located?
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
Iraq
2
Why did cities develop in Mesopotamia?
They had a food surplus.
They had common religion.
They were good hunters.
They had a writing system.
3
Mr. Hunt is......
The Teacheriest Teacher
The Greatest of all Time
Ugh, these questions are stupid
Super Boring
4
Which civilization came first?
Babylonians
Persians
Sumerians
Hittites
5
Which Persian King built a canal that connected the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea?
Darius the Great
Cyrus the Great
Xerxes
Arta Xerxes
6
The "Ice Man" had....
a arrowhead wound in his back
warm clothing
a bronze axe-head
all of the above
7
What was the largest empire in the ancient world?
Babylon
Persians
Hebrews
Sumerians
8
How did humans get to North and South America, in theory?
They walked across the ice sheet during the second ice age
They swam across the Bering strait
They rode their winged horses
9
Who was a famous Babylonian King?
Cyrus the Great
Hammurabi
Xerxes
Alexander the Great
10
Human movement that follows an animal herd for food, and supplies?
Nomad
Domesticate
Selena Gomez
Aristocracy
11
Time before written human record...
History
Polytheism
Pre-History
Bazaar
12
What location should be written in the box?
Persian Gulf
Mesopotamia
Tigris River
Red Sea
13
What is this maroon location called?
Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamia
Tigris River
Euphrates River
14
wedge-shaped alphabet of Ancient Mesopotamia...
Cuneiform
Ziggurat
Hammurabi's Code
15
What was the name of the road the Persians built across their empire?
Persepolis
Caravan
Royal Road
16
What is this Sumerian building called?
Marduk
Temple
Ziggurat
Aristocracy
17
Which of these ancient Mesopotamian groups is still around to this day?
Hebrews
Babylonians
Hittites
Sumerians
18
How did the Sumerians water their crops?
Rainwater
Freshwater
Water from the Persian Gulf
Water from the Red Sea
19
In Ancient Mesopotamian society, which is the accurate order of social classes of the people?
Aristocracy, Nomads, Merchants
Aristocracy, Working Class, Slaves
Slaves, Working Class, Middle Class
20
A group of people in exile that do not have a home country.
Aristocracy
Cuneiform
Diaspora
Polytheism
21
Known for their feared military and for improving ancient chariots?
Hittites
Greeks
Hebrews
Persians
22
"If any one is committing a robbery and is caught, then he shall be put to death." Example of?
Hebrew Torah
Hammurabi's Code
Sumerian Cuneiform
Xerxes Legislature
23
What continent did Humans originate from, in theory?
Australia
Africa
Europe
Asia
24
This group took over Sumeria, The Hebrews, and most of Mesopotamia under Hammurabi.
Babylonians
Greece
Persians
Egyptians
25
This man, Moses, was part of what group of people?
Persians
Babylonians
Hittites
Hebrews
26
The greatest Persian king, Cyrus the Great, refused to do what to the people he conquered?
Burn their cities
Raid their treasury
Enslave the locals
all of the above
27
A religious belief in many or multiple Gods?
Monotheism
Polytheism
28
Who can we credit with the invention of the: sundial, wheel, arch, saw, pulley and lever?
Hittites
Babylonians
Persians
Sumerians
29
Gannicus is born in the year 450 B.C.E. and he lives for 60 years. What year did he pass away?
390 B.C.E.
390 C.E.
410 B.C.E.
510 B.C.E.
30
A religious belief in one God..
Snickers
All of the above
Monotheism
Polytheism
31
What does Mesopotamia mean?
The land between two rivers
Fertile Crescent
Fertile land between rivers
Ancient
32
What is this location on the picture?
Black Sea
Red Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Persian Gulf
33
What does the "W" mark on the map?
Mediterranean Sea
Mesopotamia
34
How did Xerxes and Darius the Great get into Greece?
The Greeks corned them and they never made it across.
They built a bridge using their own warshihps
They organized a canal system to burrow under the water
The swam using elephants
35
What is the area stretching from Egypt to Mesopotamia referred to as?
The Fertile Crescent
Mesopotamia
The Fertile Lands
The Fertile Croissant
36
Where can you find the actual Code of Hammurabi carved into stone?
The British Museum in London
The Guggenheim Museum in Spain
Oriental Institute-University of Chicago
The Louvre Museum in France
37
What is another word for
DOMESTICATE?
Tame
Hunter-Gatherer
Irrigation
Nomad
38
What ended the Stone Age?
The Bronze Age
The Nomadic Age
The Copper Age
The Ice Age
39
Artemisia lives for 80 years. She was born in the year 40 B.C.E. When did she stop living?
40 C.E.
120 C.E.
40 B.C.E.
80 B.C.E.
40
Who eventually ended the Persian reign over the ancient world?
Alexander the Great
Cyrus the Great
Barack Obama
Darius III
