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Fertile Crescent Ch. 3 Part II
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1) What most likely helped the Sumerians develop the first civilization?
A
They were able to use the resources of the valley to farm.
B
They were able to produce a surplus of food allowing for specialization.
C
They were able to fight off others and settle the valley first.
D
They chose a good leader.
2) Who were the people in the southern end of Mesopotamia who created the world's first civilization?
A
Assyrians
B
Akkadians
C
Sumerians
D
Babylonians
3) Which of the following is an example of human-environmental interaction?
A
fishing in rivers
B
digging irrigation ditches and canals to water dry sections of cultivated land
C
killing the files that plagued them in some seasons
D
settling into the valley
4) Which of the following is the most likely reason for the development of government in Sumer?
A
the take-over of Sumer by a strong military ruler
B
the need for order in society as population increased and large projects had to be completed
C
kings from neighboring lands took over
D
the people lost the fear of gods and looked for human rulers
5) Sumerian city-states fought each other constantly. What did they fight over most of the time?
A
whose city was the best
B
whose god was best
C
property of the gods
D
land and water rights
6) What is a ziggurat?
A
the market place
B
the king's palace
C
the home of the city's chief god
D
the court
7) Which of the following Sumerian ideas was probably the reason for their religious beliefs?
A
The idea that the forces of nature were alive and gods were to be pleased.
B
The idea that only war was important and the war gods ruled
C
the idea that there were no gods and man could do as he pleased.
D
The idea that kings died and became gods to be worshipped.
8) What is the borrowing of Sumerian writing and religious beliefs by Sargon's people an example of?
A
human-environmental interaction
B
place
C
movement
D
cultural diffusion
9) Hammurabi made many reforms which of the following is not one of them?
A
improved irrigation
B
raised Babylon's god above all others
C
codified the laws
D
new system of writing based on the Phoenician alphabet
10) During Hammurabi's reign, Babylon became an important center for which of the following?
A
religion
B
diplomacy
C
trade
D
culture
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