Question 1

How did Darius I improve life in the Persian Empire?

Accepted Answer

He built a system of roads.

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He taught people to write in cuneiform.

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He introduced a written system of laws.

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He used a number system based on 60.

Question 2

Which Mesopotamian people sailed and traded across the Mediterranean?

Accepted Answer

Phoenicians

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Assyrians

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Chaldeans

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Babylonians

Question 3

Why did Nebuchadnezzar II build the Hanging Gardens?

Accepted Answer

To make the city beautiful

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To farm more food

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To punish prisoners

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To defend the city walls

Question 4

What helped the Assyrians build an empire?

Accepted Answer

Bows and arrows

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Their own alphabet

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The Tower of Babel

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Bronze weapons

Question 5

What significant contribution did Hammurabi make to Mesopotamia civilization?

Accepted Answer

The code of laws

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The system of satraps

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The introduction of  cuneiform

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The expansion of seafaring trade

Question 6

Why did Sumerians go to ziggurats?

Accepted Answer

To visit religious shrines

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To conduct trade

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To buy and sell slaves

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To do government business

Question 7

How was the Epic of Gilgamesh recorded?

Accepted Answer

In cuneiform on clay tablets

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In images on temple walls

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In the Phoenician alphabet on paper

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In pictographs on stone

Question 8

How was Sumerian society organized?

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By social class

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Into provinces

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Into satraps

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According to religion

Question 9

How did early Sumerian city-states defend themselves from attack?

Accepted Answer

They built great walls.

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They controlled floodwaters.

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They hid in the mountains.

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They used iron weapons.

Question 10

What result did agriculture surplus have?

Accepted Answer

Growth in population

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Equality of social class

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Reduction in trade

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Decline in wealth

Question 11

Where is Mesopotamia located?

Accepted Answer

Between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

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In the Syrian Desert

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In Asia Minor

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North of the Mediterranean Sea

Question 12

What helped Sumerian agriculture thrive?

Accepted Answer

Fertile soil and irrigation

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Flooding and bronze tools

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Mild climate and canals

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Sandy coastal soil and iron tools

Question 13

Where are the city-states of Sumer and Akkad located?

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Along the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

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On the Mediterranean Sea

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In Asia Minor

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North of Desert lands

Question 14

Which empire ruled ancient Mesopotamia first?

Accepted Answer

Akkadian

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Babylonian

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Chaldean

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Persian

Question 15

What happened before city-states formed?

Accepted Answer

Farming began.

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Phoenicians started trading.

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The Babylonian Empire began.

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The Persian Empire fell.

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