The first people in Mesopotamia to build irrigation canals were the
A) Hittites.
B) Sumerians.
C) Assyrians.
D) Babylonians.
2)
Beyond the basic elements of civilization, what did the Sumerians add to future societies and cultures?
A) patriarchy and job specialization
B) social classes and agricultural surplus
C) clearly-defined government and large cities
D) raising livestock and monumental architecture
3)
How might an updated legal code have helped to unify ancient societies?
A) Societies were able to expand borders based on a unified legal code.
B) People knew what behavior was expected or required within the society.
C) The ruler was given the right to rule as he saw fit, according to the legal code.
D) The legal code gave equal rights to all citizens, regardless of socio-economic status.
4)
How is the Code of Hammurabi an example of how cuneiform, a type of writing, influenced the lives of ancient Babylonians?
A) Cuneiform did not influence the lives of ancient Babylonians, they did not use writing.
B) Without cuneiform, the Babylonians could not have remembered the epic story of Hammurabi's heroic deeds.
C) Without cuneiform, the Babylonians would not have been able to remember the sacred poems in order to worship Hammurabi.
D) Without cuneiform, the Babylonians would not have been able to follow the 282 laws that Hammurabi created during his reign.
5)
Mesopotamian religion was polytheistic. Polytheistic means
A) "the belief in gods in nature."
B) "the belief in more than one god."
C) "the belief that priests were kings."
D) "the belief that god was everywhere."
6)
Which ancient tale, written in cuneiform, echoes certain stories described in the Bible?
A) The Upanishads
B) Classic of Songs
C) The Epic of Gilgamesh
D) The Iliad and the Odyssey
7)
The Sumerian ruler Sargon of ___ created the first empire of Mesopotamia.
A) Akkad
B) Babylon
C) Kish
D) Ur
8)
The Egyptian form of writing was called hieroglyphics, while the Sumerian form was called
A) calligraphy.
B) cuneiform.
C) nyctography.
D) quipu.
9)
Hammurabi is BEST known for which of these?
A) rebelling against the Egyptian pharaoh
B) establishing a kingdom based on Judaism
C) writing down a set of laws for his kingdom
D) creating the first civilization in the world
10)
This style of writing would have been found in which civilization?
A) Egyptian
B) Indus
C) Shang
D) Sumerian