The first permanent army was created and led by:
A. Hammurabi B. Nebuchadnezzar C. Sargon D. Tigris
Who is Sargon? (C)
100
Gilgamesh is an example of: A. An epic B. A scribe
C. An empire D. A pictograph
What is An Epic? (A)
100
List two examples of musical instruments played by the Sumerians?
What are reed pipes, drums, tambourines, or lyres?
200
The worship of many gods.
What is polytheism?
200
A division of society by rank or class.
What is social hierarchy?
200
The first alphabet and purple dye were created by the:
A. Assyrians B. Sumerians C. Phoenicians
D. Chaldeans
Who are the Phoenicians? (C)
200
The main purpose of a cylinder seal was to: A. protect
B. show ownership C. Provide Security D. All of the Above
What is show ownership? (B)
200
List two things that city-states did to gain or protect farmland?
What is built strong armies and built strong, thick walls around their city for protection?
300
The name of the world's first writing system.
What is cuneiform?
300
A set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life.
What is Hammurabi's Code?
300
Which of the following was not one of the first four river civilizations? A. Indus Valley B. China C. Mesopotamia
D. Ur
What is Ur? (D)
300
The Babylonian leader who brought all of Mesopotamia under one power was: A. Sargon B. Nebuchadnezzar
C. Hammurabi D. Tigris
What is Hammurabi? (C)
300
Give three examples of what ancient Sumerians are known for in math and science.
What are developing a math system based on 60, dividing the year into 12 months, recorded their study of the natural world, and produced healing drugs?
400
Human-made waterway
What is a canal?
400
Picture symbols used in early written language.
What are pictographs?
400
Which of the following is NOT an example of a technical advance that improved the daily life of early man in the Fertile Crescent? A. mud bricks B. wheel C. Plow
D. Sewers
What are mud bricks? (A)
400
Cities served as the center of civilization of all of the following areas EXCEPT: A. politics B. culture
C. transportation D. religion
What is transportation? (C)
400
Name the first advanced society.
What is Sumer?
500
A way of supplying water to an area of land.
What is irrigation?
500
The type of arrangement in which each worker specicalizes in a particular task or job.
What is division of labor?
500
Hammurabi's Code wasn't fair because it favored:
A. the poor B. the rich C. the government D. religion
What is the rich? (B)
500
A division of labor for early man living in the Fertile Crescent was made possible by: A. a surplus of food
B. silt C. cuneiform D. scribes
What is a surplus of food? (A)
500
What is the social hierarchy pyramid of Sumer?
What is 1. King 2. Priests 3. Craftspeople, merchants, and traders 4. Farmers and Laborers 5. Slaves