Mesopotamia
What is another name for the rich, moist soil left behind by seasonal floods in Mesopotamia?
Silt
What type of society existed before the Agricultural Revolution? (Think: nomadic)
Hunter-gatherer society (or: hunter-gatherers)
Which of the following helped the Sumerians produce more food?
a. Better military weapons
b. Better agricultural techniques
c. Moving to a more fertile environment
d. Conquering more land and expanding their territory
b. Better agricultural techniques
What was the first empire after Sumer was conquered?
The Akkadian Empire (or Akkad)
True or False: The Phoenicians dominated trade across the Tyrrhenian Sea.
False. They dominated trade across the Mediterranean Sea.
What is the well-known term for the moon-shaped area where Mesopotamia was located?
The Fertile Crescent
What is the official name of the moon-shaped area where the earliest known agricultural civilization developed?
The Fertile Crescent
What was the term for the system that Sumerians used to water their crops?
Irrigation
Which of these is the correct order of the earlier empires in SW Asia?
a. Hittites, then Akkadians, then Babylonians
b. Akkadians, then Babylonians, then Hittites
c. Babylonians, then Akkadians, then Hittites
b. Akkadians, then Babylonians, then Hittites
What kind of government did the Assyrians develop? A democratic state, an autocratic state, or a military state?
A military state
Name at least two of the three present-day countries that Mesopotamia's two main rivers run through.
Turkey, Syria, and Iraq
What is another name for the Agricultural Revolution, according to the textbook?
The Neolithic Revolution
What type of religion did Sumerians practice?
Polytheism
What was the name of the Akkadian Empire's ruler?
Sargon
Name two imports that the Phoenician Empire's traders brought into their empire.
Gold, silver, tin, copper, iron, ivory, and precious stones (just need to name two of these)
Name a technology that the Sumerians used to improve how they grew their crops.
Can name any of the following:
Irrigation OR digging canals
New way of planting
Plow with funnel attached
How many thousands of years ago did hunters and gatherers in southwest Asia first begin to settle in villages and practice farming? (You must get the number correct to the thousands place)
Approximately 12,000 years ago
What class of people were the very first leaders of Sumerian city-states?
Priests
What was the BEST metal that the Hittites learned to use for tools and weapons?
Iron
What is the name of the present-day country where the Persians lived?
Iran
What two rivers provided the principal sources of water for the Mesopotamia region? (You must name AND correctly spell BOTH rivers)
The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
What was the name of the earliest known large Neolithic farming community in southwest Turkey? If you can get the approximate pronunciation, Dr. Kim will give you full points.
(If you can't get the pronunciation, you can give the approximate BCE year when this village emerged, to the thousands, for 250 points)
Catalhoyuk
(Emerged in 7000 BCE)
What is the name of the pictograph-based writing system that the Sumerians invented? (You must spell this correctly--you will have two tries)
Cuneiform
What is the name of the Babylonian primary source that states the following?
"...bring about the rule of righteousness in the land, to destroy the wicked and the evil-doers; so that the strong should not harm the weak..."
Hammurabi's Code
Name the leader who eventually defeated and conquered the Persian empire in 331 BCE. (You must give the whole name)
Alexander the Great