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First Empires Quiz

Quiz by Michael Misner

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  • Q1
    How did people in the Fertile Crescent adapt to their environment?
    by abandoning the river valleys when necessary
    by using irrigation and drainage
    by sifting through the silt
    by hunting and gathering
    30s
  • Q2
    Ancient Mesopotamia lies in present-day __________
    Mesoamerica
    Israel
    India
    Iraq
    30s
  • Q3
    Which ancient site has been referred to as the "first civilization on earth"?
    Sumer
    Babylon.
    Assyria.
    Jerusalem.
    30s
  • Q4
    Sumerians invented ______.
    gunpowder
    the compass
    paper money
    the wheel
    30s
  • Q5
    In Sumerian city-states, people worshiped their gods in a temple called a
    forum
    ziggurat
    shrine
    cathedral
    30s
  • Q6
    Around 2340 B.C., ______ created the world's first empire.
    Hammurabi
    Sargon
    Nebuchadnezzar
    Nabopolassar
    30s
  • Q7
    After the Akkadian empire, the next great empire in Mesopotamia was called the
    Assyrian empire.
    Babylonian empire.
    New Kingdom.
    Persian empire.
    30s
  • Q8
    The most important physical structure in a Sumerian city-state was the
    temple
    irrigation ditch
    city hall
    The Palette of King Narmer
    30s
  • Q9
    Which part of Babylon was known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?
    The Ishtar Gate
    Hammurabi's palace
    The irrigation system
    The Hanging Gardens
    30s
  • Q10
    All of the following could be seen in the ancient city of Babylon except
    The Tower of Babel.
    The Hanging Gardens.
    The Ishtar Gate.
    The Ziggurat of King Urnammu.
    30s
  • Q11
    A society in which men hold the greatest power in private and political spheres is known as a
    monarchy.
    dynasty.
    matriarchy.
    patriarchy.
    30s
  • Q12
    Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?
    Nebuchadnezzar
    Nineveh
    Hammurabi
    Gilgamesh
    30s
  • Q13
    Hammurabi's law code influenced later law codes, including those of Greece a
    True
    False
    30s
  • Q14
    In Hammurabi’s code, punishments generally followed the principle of retaliation, or
    pay money to atone for wrongdoing.
    add insult to injury.
    give one’s firstborn son to one’s victim.
    an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
    30s
  • Q15
    According to the Code of Hammurabi, how should a son be punished if he hits his father?
    The son should be sent into exile.
    The son should perform services in the community.
    His father should hit him back.
    The son's hand should be cut off.
    30s

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