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Chapter 2
Test Description: Chapter 2
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1) Who was Hammurabi?
A
The inventor of writing
B
King of Assyrian Empire
C
King of Babylonian Empire
D
A main god of Mesopotamia
2) What is Hammurabi best know for doing?
A
inventing the battering ram
B
defeating the Persians
C
creating a code of laws
D
being a skilled warrior
3) How were records kept before writing was invented?
A
clay tokens
B
on a disk drive
C
written records
D
with tally marks
4) About when was writing first developed?
A
3100 BC/BCE
B
3100 AD/CE
C
539 BC/BCE
D
1787 BC/BCE
5) Why was writing needed?
A
to please the gods
B
to remember song lyrics
C
to practice cursive
D
to keep records
6) What material did scribes write on?
A
papyrus
B
clay
C
mud brick
D
concrete
7) What were Assyrians very good at being?
A
skilled writers
B
skilled artisans
C
skilled craftsman
D
skilled warriors
8) What did the Assyrians invent to help them in battle?
A
machine guns
B
hand grenades
C
battering rams
D
bow and arrows
9) Who was Nebuchcadnezzar II?
A
King of Sumer
B
King of Ninevah
C
King of the Persian Empire
D
King of the New Babylonian Empre
10) Which empire was the only group at the time to worship one god?
A
Sumerians
B
Babylonians
C
Assyrians
D
Persians
11) Why were scribes imporant people in Sumer?
A
they kept records for the king
B
they refused to teach reading
C
they negotiated treaties
D
they had large amounts of land
12) What attracted people to the Fertile Crescent?
A
cool temperatures
B
convenient navigation
C
rich soil
D
religious temples
13) Sumerian city-states shared language and culture, how were they independent?
A
no travel between city-states
B
no trade with each other
C
each had its own government
D
different architecture
14) What was the main cause of wars between the Sumerian city-states?
A
theft of livestock
B
religious disagreements
C
disputes over land and water
D
exhausted armies
15) A Sumerian ziggurat was made of terraces becuase...
A
Sumerian society had social classes
B
multiple crop growth
C
it was gods' stairway
D
it was architecturally unstable
16) A city with its own traditions, government, and laws is
A
state-city
B
city-state
C
country
D
empire
17) A belief in many gods is called...
A
myth
B
caravan
C
monotheism
D
polytheism
18) In Mesopotamia, people combined symbols into a script known as...
A
alphabet
B
myth
C
code
D
cuneiform
19) A person who writes for a living is a
A
priest
B
king
C
myth
D
scribe
20) Many territories and people controlled by one governement is a/an
A
ziggurat
B
empire
C
country
D
city-state
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