Unit 1 Civilizations test review (24)

Front

Why is it important for people (especially farmers) to settle near rivers & streams?

Back

To grow crops, To have a water supply, For irrigation.

Front

What is the area called between the Tigris and Euphrates River?

Back

Mesopotamia

Front

How did the Sumerians communicate?

Back

Cuneiform

Front

What does monotheistic mean?

Back

Belief in one god

Front

Which term means "belief in many gods"

Back

polytheistic

Front

What were the temples called in Sumer?

Back

Ziggarauts

Front

Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life? Options: Hammurabi, Gilgamesh, Nebuchadnezzar, Ninevah

Back

Hammurabi

Front

Grand temple with a shrine at the top

Back

ziggurat

Front

Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers? Options: the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean, the Tigris and the Persian Gulf, the Persian Gulf and the Euphrates, the Euphrates and the Tigris

Back

the Euphrates and the Tigris

Front

Why was ancient Egypt known as the “Gift of the Nile”?

Back

The regular flooding of the Nile and its abundant silt deposits were especially conducive to the growth of agriculture.