Map Quiz on Friday!
11. WHO issued the earliest known law code? What did the law code INCLUDE LAWS ABOUT? (2pts) (LESSON 1)
What is...
a. Ur-Nammu, the king of Ur.
b. Marriage, slavery, and causing harm to other people.
5. WHAT did Darius DIVIDE his empire into? What did Darius ALLOW the leaders he chose to do? (2pts)
What is...
a. Satrapies, or provinces.
b. To keep their local laws and traditions and make many of their own decisions.
4. What is Hammurabi BEST REMEMBERED FOR today? (1pt) (LESSON 2)
What is...
a. His creation of Hammurabi’s Code (a set of laws that governed life in the Babylonian empire).
9. What did priests do in TIMES OF WAR? What did some military leaders do AFTER WAR ENDED and what did this LEAD TO? (3pts) (LESSON 1)
What is...
a. Chose the best person to lead the city-state into battle.
b. Kept control of the city-states, and became the first kings.
1. What did the Assyrian army INCLUDE that was among the EARLIEST of its kind in history? (1pt) (LESSON 3)
What is...
a. Calvary, or soldiers who fight while riding horses.
7. What was the NEW WRITING SYSTEM created by Sumerian priest called? What was the writing system ORIGINALLY USED FOR? (2pts) (LESSON 1)
What is...
a. Cuneiform
b. Record sales, taxes, and agreements.
3. What was Persia’s rapid growth DUE TO? (1pt) (LESSON 3)
What is...
a. It’s large and highly skilled standing army.
4. Who made up the UPPER CLASS in the Sumerian social hierarchy? Who made up the MIDDLE CLASS? Who made up the LOWEST CLASSES? What helped SUPPORT this social order? (4pts) (LESSON 1)
What is...
a. The ruler, his top officials, powerful priests, wealthy merchants, and owners of large plots of land.
b. Farmers and skilled workers.
c. Mostly enslaved peoples.
d. The city-states’ government and religious beliefs.
7. What was the common currency that Darius INTRODUCED LIKE? (1pt) (Lesson 3)
What is...
a. Gold coins – printed with an image of himself – that would be excepted across the Persian empire as payment for goods.
4. When Cyrus, the king of Persia, conquered Babylon, how did he TREAT Babylonians and other conquered people? What did Cyrus ALLOW THEM TO DO? (2pts) (LESSON 3)
What is...
a. Well (in general).
b. Keep their own customs and religions rather than forcing them to adopt Persian ways.
10. What was the PURPOSE of Sumerians using CARVED STONE SEALS? (1pt) (LESSON 3)
What is...
a. To identify the owner of an object.
2. What TWO RIVERS do the southern part of Mesopotamia owe its good soil to? WHAT HAPPENS to these rivers each spring? (2pts) (LESSON 1)
What is...
a. The Tigris and the Euphrates rivers.
b. The rivers flood their bands, spreading floodwater and silt across the plain. When the flood ends, they leave behind a fresh layer of moist, fertile earth that is perfect for growing crops.
9. What is ZOROASTRIANISM’S CENTRAL BELIEF? What do historians believe that the teachings of Zoroastrianism LATER INFLUENCED? (2pts) (LESSON 3)
What is...
a. The universe is in a state of struggle between the forces of good and evil.
b. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
2. WHO was the king that united most of Mesopotamia under his rule, creating the world’s first empire? What was the WORLD’S FIRST EMPIRE called? (2pts) (LESSON 2)
What is...
a. Sargon
b. The Akkadian Empire
8. What was the EPIC OF GILGAMESH about? (1pt) (LESSON 1)
What is...
a. Told the story of a hero.
5. What type of RELIGION did Sumerians practice? What did Sumerians believe that gods CONTROLLED? (2pts) (LESSON 1)
What is...
a. Polytheism (the belief in more than one god).
b. Every aspect of life (including rain, wind, and other elements of nature.
3. WHO was the king that united southern Mesopotamia? What was the empire that was formed CALLED? (2pts) (LESSON 2)
What is...
a. Hammurabi
b. Old Babylonian (or Babylonia).
11. What was DIFFERENT about the statues the Sumerians carved of people for the FIRST TIME IN HISTORY? (1pt) (LESSON 3)
What is...
a. They looked like real humans.
12. What were TWO ADVANCES in mathematics and astronomy that the Sumerians made? What was another important advancement in TECHNOLOGY that the Sumerians made? (3pts) (LESSON 1)
What is...
a. Dividing an hour into 60 minutes and a minute into 60 seconds.
b. The development of bronze. (Harder metal than copper, so it is better for making tools and weapons.
5. HOW MANY laws did Hammurabi’s Code include? What did SOME LAWS have to do with? What did other laws in Hammurabi’s Code deal with regarding PRIVATE MATTERS? (3pts) (LESSON 2)
What is...
a. Nearly 300.
b. Crimes such as robbery and murder.
c. Business contracts, taxes, marriage, and divorce.
6. WHAT and WHO traveled on the roads that Darius used some of Persia’s great wealth to build across the empire? (2pts) (LESSON 3)
What is...
a. Trade goods and tribute.
b. Armies, government officials, and royal messengers.
10. What did kings need in order to STAY IN POWER? What did they do to ACHIEVE THIS need? What happened to kings IN TURN? (3pts) (LESSON 1)
What is...
a. The support of priests.
b. They were careful to respect the priests’ rights and powers.
c. Priests declared that the gods had sent the king to rule the city.
6. What did Sumerians believe that only priests KNEW HOW TO DO? What did Sumerians DEPEND on priests to do because of this? (2pts) (LESSON 1)
What is...
a. Communicate with the gods.
b. Tell them what the gods wanted.
8. What was the DIFFERENCE between who most people worshipped in ANCIENT TIMES compared to the religious beliefs that ZOROASTER TAUGHT? (2pts) (LESSON 3)
What is...
a. Most people worshipped many gods. Zoroaster taught that there is one supreme god who has an evil opponent.
1. What happened as the independent city-states of Sumer BECAME RIVALS and wanted to GAIN CONTROL over more resources? WHAT did strong rulers who conquered the whole region do? (2pts) (LESSON 2)
What is...
a. They often came into conflict.
b. Created the world’s first empires.