Question

1. Mesopotamia is a region in modern-day: (Points: 5)
Turkey.
Lebanon.
Jordan.
Iraq.


2. The region of Sumer is important to historians because the Sumerians are credited with inventing: (Points: 5)
cuneiform.
the wheel, lunar calendar, and writing.
Hammurabi's code.
A and B


3. According to your text, Sumer declined economically and politically because of: (Points: 5)
ineffective rulers.
salty soil.
lack of irrigation for crops.
All of the above


4. Sumerian civilization slowly gave way to the __________ who made the city of __________ the capital of their empire. (Points: 5)
Chaldeans; Akkad
Babylonians; Ur
Amorites; Babylon
Akkads; Nineveh


5. According to your text, of all the other ancient civilizations, the Old Babylonians made the most impressive contributions to: (Points: 5)
astronomy.
astrology.
mathematics.
epic literature.


6. The Code of Hammurabi affected the social order of the time by: (Points: 5)
uniting all classes.
giving preferential treatment to aristocrats.
requiring exact retaliation.
Both B and C


7. Old Babylonian civilization eventually declined after Hammurabi's empire due primarily to: (Points: 5)
lack of governing skills.
poor military judgements.
outdated fighting techniques.
All of the above


8. What is not true of Sumerian Ziggurats? (Points: 5)
They were made of limestone blocks.
They were temples.
They were built continuously for over 1,000 years.
A shrine on top was the goal of the worshiper's ascent.


9. The Assyrian empire lasted from: (Points: 5)
1300 B.C.E. to 612 B.C.E.
1225 B.C.E. to approximately 500 B.C.E.
705 B.C.E. to 681 B.C.E.
1400 B.C.E. to 1200 B.C.E.


10. Assyrian culture was distinctive in the way they: (Points: 5)
created artwork that demonstrates exceptional brutality.
completely destroyed Sumerian and Old Babylonian cultural achievements, religion and knowledge.
were fierce to humans but protected animals.
None of the above


11. Nineveh was capital of which empire? (Points: 5)
Kassite
Assyrian
Amorite
Hittite


12. The Assyrians' reputation for "frightfulness" among their contemporaries: (Points: 5)
is somewhat unjustified since their contemporaries were used to violence.
is based on the prejudice of early historians and archaeologists.
rested on their unprecedented use of chariots in warfare.
made the Assyrians a hated group and drove subject peoples to revolt.


13. The advantage of the papyrus reed to the Egyptians and future civilizations is that it: (Points: 5)
could be used as a source of protein during famines.
enabled the development of the earliest system of writing.
provided a lightweight writing material that could be rolled into scrolls.
was so plentiful that it encouraged universal literacy.


14. Which belief was part of the religion of ancient Egypt at the end of the Middle kingdom? (Points: 5)
A great god of the sun named Osiris
Judgement after death to evaluate one's deeds on earth
A god of the living named Amarna
Karma


15. The Egyptians' __________ was their greatest contribution to __________. (Points: 5)
division of the day into two sets of 12 hours; mathematics
division of an hour into 60 minutes; mathematics
use of horses rather than oxen to pull a chariot; the technology of war
use of alphabetic characters; written language


16. During their migration from Mesopotamia to Egypt, the Hebrew tribe began to call themselves: (Points: 5)
Canaanites.
Israelites.
Palestinians.
Jews.


17. The major repository of Hebrew law is called the: (Points: 5)
Book of Isaiah.
Deuteronomic Code.
Book of Ecclesiastes.
Code of Hammurabi.


18. When the Minoan civilization was at its peak: (Points: 5)
the island of Crete served as the hub of a vast empire.
Crete was ruled by Israel.
several prosperous cities co-existed peacefully on Crete.
a prophetic revolution called the people back to traditional religious beliefs.


19. Compared to Minoan civilization, that of Mycenae was: (Points: 5)
much more decentralized.
rural rather than urban.
geared more toward warfare.
much less dependent on slave labor.


20. One of the unique features of the religion of the Minoans was that it: (Points: 5)
forbade making sacrifices to the gods.
was matriarchal.
had a chief male god who ruled both the sea and the sky.
forbade showing the gods in art.