World History Unit 1 Reading Quiz
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- Q1Mesopotamia is the land between what two rivers?Tigris and Euphrates30s
- Q2Southern region of Mesopotamia where the earliest known cities arose.Sumeria30s
- Q3massive pyramidal stepped tower made of mudbricks. It is associated with religious and political complexes in ancient Mesopotamian cities.Ziggurat30s
- Q4One of the 7 wonders of the Ancient World. Nebuchadnezzar built these for his wife in the grand palace.The Hanging Gardens30s
- Q5A form of writing developed by the Sumerians using a wedge shaped stylus and clay tablets.Cuneiform30s
- Q6An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and soundsHieroglyphics30s
- Q7the belief in or worship of more than one god.Polytheism30s
- Q8a 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 Code30s
- Q9Stable food supply, Social structure / job specialization, System of government, Religion, Culture, Technology, Written languagecharacteristics of civilization30s
- Q10A 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.Papyrus30s