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