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- 1. Multiple Choice
This picture shows an area known as the..Farming CurveFertile CrescentGreen CFertile Curve - 2. Multiple ChoiceCivilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?the Persian Gulf and the Mediterraneanthe Tigris and the Persian Gulfthe Persian Gulf and the Euphratesthe Euphrates and the Tigris
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe Sumerian writing system was calledCuneiformHieroglyphsEnglishSargon
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following were members of the upper class?kings and priestsartisansmerchants and tradersscribes
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these are Sumerian inventions?PlowWheelSailboatAll of them
- 6. Multiple ChoiceA Sumerian temple to honor their chief god was called ascribe.cradle.Gilgamesh.ziggurat.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the main religion of the Sumerians?MonotheismChristianityPolytheismJudaism
- 8. Multiple ChoiceBabylonian leader who created the first written code of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily lifeGilgameshSargonHammurabiSumer
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe word "Mesopotamia" meansmiddle of the fertile crescentland in the middle of the desertland between the riversland north of the sea
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is polytheism?
an amphibian with many legs
the worship of many gods
the worship of one god
the worship of no god/gods
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which development occurred during the Neolithic Revolution?
Food was grown on haciendas.
Permanent settlements were established in river valleys.
Stone tools were used for the first time.
The factory system replaced the domestic system.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which action is most closely associated with the early Mesopotamian civilizations?
building floating gardens to grow corn
establishing representative democracies
constructing Hindu temples
developing a writing system using cuneiform
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which river system is found in Mesopotamia?
Nile River
Yellow River
Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers
- 14. Multiple Choice
The development of which early civilization was influenced most directly by the Tigris River, the Zagros Mountains, and the Syrian Desert?
Egyptian
Mesopotamian
Chinese
Maya
- 15. Multiple Choice
If a son has struck his father, they shall cut off his hand.
• If a seignior has destroyed the eye of a member of the aristocracy, they shall destroy his eye.
• If he has broken another seignior's bone, they shall break his bone.
Ten Commandments
Code of Hammurabi
Edicts of Asoka
Twelve Tables
- 16. Multiple Choice
The term subsistence farming is best defined as
redistributing farmland
producing only enough crops to meet family needs
irrigating farmland
exchanging farm products for money
- 17. Multiple Choice
... "If a man has knocked out the teeth of a man of the same rank, his own teeth shall be knocked out. If he has knocked out the teeth of a plebeian (commoner), he shall pay one-third of a mina of silver."...
All men are equal under the law
Fines are preferable to physical punishment.
Law sometimes distinguishes between social classes.
Violence must always be punished with violence.
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which factor led to the development of civilizations in ancient Mesopotamia?
political harmony
favorable geography
religious differences
universal education
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