WHI.3-Mesopotamia and Egypt
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This picture shows an area known as the
29Mesopotamian Delta
Persian Gulf
Promised Land
Fertile Crescent
- Q1
This picture shows an area known as the
Mesopotamian Delta
Persian Gulf
Promised Land
Fertile Crescent
30s - Q2
The Sumerian writing system was called
cuneiform
alphabet
hieroglyphics
ziggurat
30s - Q3
Which of the following were members of the higher classes in the early civilizations?
kings and priests
scribes
merchants and traders
artisans
30s - Q4
The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?
priests
artisans
merchants
scribes
30s - Q5
What was the main religion of the Sumerians?
monotheism
polytheism
Judaism
Christianity
30s - Q6
A city with political and economic control over the surrounding land.
kingdom
country
city-state
empire
30s - Q7
Babylonian leader who created the first written code of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life.
Abraham
Menes
Moses
Hammurabi
30s - Q8
The word "Mesopotamia" means
rivers in the middle of the land
middle of the Fertile Crescent
land between the rivers
land in the middle of the desert
30s - Q9
More food than is needed by a civilization
diffusion
agriculture
trade
surplus
30s - Q10
A form of pictogram writing known as "wedge shaped."
Cuneiform
Hieroglyphics
Sanskrit
Sumerian
30s - Q11
Government that is controlled by religious leaders.
Democracy
Dictatorship
Monarchy
Theocracy
30s - Q12
A belief in one god
monarchy
theocracy
polytheism
monotheism
30s - Q13
Why was the first writing invented?
to record laws
to write poetry
to keep trade records
to write literature
30s - Q14
Where did Yahweh tell Abraham to go?
Sumer
Ur
Canaan
Egypt
30s - Q15
Who did God give the Ten Commandments to?
Isaac
Abraham
Moses
Menes
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