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