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