Chapter 3 Part II Review - Mesopotamia Question Preview (ID: 39774)


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Why would it have been helpful for people to have the laws written down?
a) So people did not just have to ask each other what the rules were.
b) So no crime happened.
c) So everyone would know what was against the law and would obey them so they would not receive the harsh punishments.
d) So people could practice their reading.

Define: division of labor
a) a large ar of rich farmland
b) human-made waterways
c) each worker specializes in a particular task or job
d) a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks.

Why would rulers benefit if they claim to be chosen by the gods?
a) Rulers would benefit because people would give the kings gifts.
b) The people would obey the kings becaues they did not want to anger the gods.
c) The gods would send a sign to them that the kings could rule.
d) We have a president instead of a king.

Define: Fertile Crescent
a) A large arc of rich farmland that extends from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterrean Sea
b) A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks.
c) Human-made waterways
d) Each worker specializes in a particular task or job.

What types of things happened when irrigation systems were not in place?
a) They grew more crops than they knew what to do with.
b) Livestock ran throughout the streets.
c) Flooding helped crops grow.
d) Crops dried up during drought. Crops were destroyed during flooding, homes washed away, and livestock were killed.

Define: Silt
a) A large arc of rich farmland.
b) More of something than what is needed.
c) A way of supplying water to an area.
d) A mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks.

Which one is NOT true about Sumerian Society versus our society today?
a) Students went to school to learn to read and write.
b) Students back then are the only ones that listened to music.
c) A difference is they wrote in cuneiform on clay tablets and we use paper and pencil.
d) We have a president instead of a king.

Define: epic
a) A long poem that tells the stories of a hero.
b) Worship of may gods.
c) Consisted of a city and all the countryside around it.
d) The science of building.

Which is not a Sumerian invention.
a) The wheel
b) Number (#) system based on the number 60
c) The alphabet
d) sewers

Define: Social Hierachy
a) located in the countryside
b) a way of supplying water to an area
c) a ruler of a kingdom or empire
d) a division of society by rank or class

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