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Question 1

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What is the definition of artisan?
Answer
  • A worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making thing by hand.
  • A person who copies documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented.
  • Denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets.

Question 2

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What is the definition of city-state?
Answer
  • A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
  • (In ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. They were first attested in the late 3rd millennium BC and probably inspired the biblical story of the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1–9).
  • An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.

Question 3

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What is the definition of civilization?
Answer
  • The stage of human social development and organization that is considered most advanced.
  • A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.
  • An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.

Question 4

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What is the definition of cuneiform?
Answer
  • Denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets.
  • A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.
  • The supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.

Question 5

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What is the definition of empire?
Answer
  • An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.
  • (In ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. They were first attested in the late 3rd millennium BC and probably inspired the biblical story of the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1–9).
  • A city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state

Question 6

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What is the definition of epic?
Answer
  • A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.
  • The belief in or worship of more than one god.
  • Denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets.

Question 7

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What is the definition of irrigation?
Answer
  • The supply of water to land or crops to help growth, typically by means of channels.
  • A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.
  • The belief in or worship of more than one god

Question 8

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What is the definition of polytheism?
Answer
  • The belief in or worship of more than one god.
  • A long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures or the history of a nation.
  • Denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets.

Question 9

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What is the definition of a scribe?
Answer
  • A person who copies out documents, especially one employed to do this before printing was invented
  • A worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.
  • An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.

Question 10

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What is the definition of ziggurat?
Answer
  • (In ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple. They were first attested in the late 3rd millennium BC and probably inspired the biblical story of the Tower of Babel (Gen. 11:1–9).
  • An extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress.
  • Denoting or relating to the wedge-shaped characters used in the ancient writing systems of Mesopotamia, Persia, and Ugarit, surviving mainly impressed on clay tablets.

Question 11

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What did the Sumerians do to fix their food problems?
Answer
  • They built levees
  • They built dams
  • They built canals
  • They moved away from the rivers
  • They built a pipe system underground
  • They made wells

Question 12

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Who made up the upper class?
Answer
  • Kings
  • Priests
  • Warriors
  • Government officials
  • Fishermen
  • Merchants
  • Farmers
  • Artisans
  • Slaves
  • Scribes

Question 13

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Who made up the middle class?
Answer
  • Farmers
  • Artisans
  • Fishermen
  • Merchants
  • Slaves
  • Kings
  • Priests
  • Government officials
  • Warriors
  • Scribes

Question 14

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Who made up the lower class?
Answer
  • Slaves
  • Kings
  • Priests
  • Warriors
  • Government officials
  • Farmers
  • Fishermen
  • Artisans
  • Merchants
  • Scribes

Question 15

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The constant flooding was a geographical challenge
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 16

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The mud was a geographical challenge.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 17

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The lack of wood was a geographical challenge.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 18

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The blazing heat was a geographical challenge.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 19

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What was Hammurabi BEST known for?
Answer
  • The first code of laws.
  • Conquering the Akkadians.
  • Making Mesopotamia thrive under his rule.

Question 20

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How did irrigation help ancient Mesopotamia?
Answer
  • It helped trading.
  • It freed up time and space for other jobs.
  • It limited death from floods.
  • It gave the king big banquettes.
  • It used up extra materials.
  • It helped keep invaders out.

Question 21

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What would you find in a Sumerian city-state?
Answer
  • A ziggurat
  • A city wall
  • Canals
  • Markets
  • Fields
  • Houses
  • TVs
  • Trees
  • Pyramids
  • A hospital

Question 22

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Why were scribes high on the social latter?
Answer
  • They were the only ones who could write.
  • Only the king's daughters and sons could learn to write.
  • Scribes were smarter than everyone else.
  • They were usually rulers at one point.

Question 23

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What was a ziggurat's main purpose?
Answer
  • To make a staircase down to the Earth for the gods.
  • To pray for the gods.
  • To live in.
  • To scare away bad spirits.
  • To have religious ceremonies.
  • To have feasts.

Question 24

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Name these areas on the map.
Image:
858px Middle East Geographic (binary/octet-stream)
Answer
  • Saudia Arabia
  • Tigris River
  • Euphrates river
  • Persian gulf
  • Red Sea
  • Iraq
  • Syria
  • fertile cresent
  • Mediterranean sea
  • Arabian sea
  • Zagros mountains

Question 25

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What types of art did Mesopotamians make?
Answer
  • Sculptures
  • Pottery
  • Panel pictures
  • Oragami
  • Paintings

Question 26

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What did Sumerian kings have to do?
Answer
  • Lead the military
  • Serve justice
  • Relax on his throne

Question 27

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Select Akkadian ruler(s)/ important facts.
Answer
  • King Naram-Sin
  • King Sargon
  • They were the 1st empire.
  • They created son inherits empire.
  • King Hammurabi
  • They created code of laws.
  • 300 years of kings
  • They used siege warfare.

Question 28

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Select Babylon's ruler(s)/ important facts.
Answer
  • Hammurabi
  • They created the first laws.
  • They gave women and slaves more rights.
  • Nebuchadrezzar II
  • They used battle rams.
  • They created the 1st empire.

Question 29

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Select the Assyrian's ruler(s)/ important facts.
Answer
  • 300 years of kings
  • King Sargon
  • They used siege warfare.
  • They created the 1st empire.
  • They used iron for their military.
  • They created the 1st code of laws.

Question 30

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Select Neo-Babylonian's ruler(s)/ important facts.
Answer
  • Nebuchadrezzar II
  • Hammurabi
  • They conquered Israel.
  • They created the system we use today based off of 60.
  • They created the 1st code of laws.
  • They used iron for their army.

Question 31

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Name the 5 key factors of a civilization.
Answer
  • Geography
  • Social structure
  • Economy
  • Religion
  • Government
  • Art
  • Education
  • Infrastructure
  • Justice
  • Structures
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