WH Unit 1 Quiz Practice

The king of the Babylonian empire who was known for writing one of the first codes of law in the world.

The Babylonian king who wrote the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the world’s first works of literature.

The first king of New Babylon who was best known for creating a calendar and making advancements in geometry.

An Akkadian king who created the first empire in the world.

They led to the eventual belief in one god

They made sure all social classes were treated with the same respect

They gave citizens the right to choose their rulers and representatives

They supported the existing social and political hierarchies to maintain order

Rulers claimed to have close relationships with the gods to convince people that they were worthy of ruling

Rulers asked the class of priests for religious guidance

Rulers claimed the royal laws were more important than the laws of gods

Rulers created new religions to unify conquered people

Hammurabi gave the lower classes money when someone attacked them since they needed the money. He wanted to help the lower classes.

Hammurabi was a dictator who enjoyed making laws just so he could control the lives of his subjects.

Hammurabi valued making punishments consistent and equal no matter what your social class was.

Maintaining the social hierarchy (order) was very important to Hammurabi. Therefore, he was stricter whenever crimes were committed AGAINST the upper classes.

To scare his rivals into never challenging him

To demonstrate how religious he was by mentioning a major god.

To show the people his accomplishments to prove to that he has the right to rule

To explain the negative consequences if someone disobeys the law.

Neither Egypt nor Mesopotamia are patriarchal 

Egypt appears to offer more respect to women and is likely less patriarchal than Mesopotamia.

Egypt and Mesopotamia were equally patriarchal and both oppressed women greatly.

Mesopotamia was far less patriarchal than Egypt and offered more rights to women under the law.

Egyptians only let women rule when a male heir was not available. Once a male heir was old enough, the woman pharaoh would always be replaced with a man.

Egyptians actually preferred woman rulers over male rulers because they thought women were better peacekeepers.

Egyptians chose to let women rule because they truly believed women were equal to men in every way.

Wives are not allowed to work and therefore must be confined to the home in both societies

Wives were treated as inferiors who relied on the protection and control of their husbands in both societies

Although women cannot work, they were treated as the leaders of the home in both societies

Women are bought and sold like property in both societies

Common women basically had no rights in Egypt, they couldn’t talk with other men or else they might be accused of cheating and be punished.

Common women were treated as equals with men. Women were allowed to do anything a man could do, such as become a king or lead an army.

Although it was still a patriarchy since they were restricted from some jobs, common women in Egypt were legal equals to men and could start their own businesses, own and sell property, and even divorce.

Mesopotamia was on flat, but very fertile land

Mesopotamia was covered in thick forests

Mesopotamia was surrounded by mountains and valleys

close to a source of fresh water such as a river

close to a natural barrier such as an ocean

protected by mountains

located on flat land to avoid strenuous journeys

The codification of patriarchy

Increased government control of trade

The increasing militarism of Mesopotamian city-states

The growing classism due to increased wealth inequality

ancient peoples believed that natural disasters were signs that the gods were angry with them

ancient peoples did not think that the gods would ever punish people for wrongdoing

ancient peoples believed that the gods controlled natural phenomenon such as flood waters

the focus of many ancient works of literature were about human’s relationship with the gods

because Mesopotamia was blessed with one gentle, predictable river, their gods were perceived to be generous and kind

Mesopotamians didn’t worship their gods as much as Egyptians did, so the gods punished them more.

the way the Mesopotamian gods worked together reflects the harmony and unity that the Mesopotamians felt with other people in their empire.

Mesopotamia struggled with two violent, unpredictable rivers, the people believed their gods were more violent