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