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World History Unit 1 Reading Quiz

Quiz by Mr. Harrison

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  • Q1
    Mesopotamia is the land between what two rivers?
    Tigris and Euphrates
    30s
  • Q2
    Southern region of Mesopotamia where the earliest known cities arose.
    Sumeria
    30s
  • Q3
    massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mudbricks. It is associated with religious and political complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities.
    Ziggurat
    30s
  • Q4
    One of the 7 wonders of the Ancient World. Nebuchadnezzar built these for his wife in the grand palace.
    The Hanging Gardens
    30s
  • Q5
    A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets.
    Cuneiform
    30s
  • Q6
    An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
    Hieroglyphics
    30s
  • Q7
    the belief in or worship of more than one god.
    Polytheism
    30s
  • Q8
    a set of 282 laws that dealt with almost every part of daily life; written code/set of laws that all were expected to obey.
    Hammurabi's Code
    30s
  • Q9
    Stable food supply, Social structure / job specialization, System of government, Religion, Culture, Technology, Written language
    characteristics of civilization
    30s
  • Q10
    A reed that grows along the banks of the Nile River in Egypt. From it was produced a coarse, paperlike writing medium used by the Egyptians and many other peoples in the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East.
    Papyrus
    30s

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