Cuneiform, Hammurabi, & the Hanging Gardens: Mesopotamia 3

Cuneiform, Hammurabi, & the Hanging Gardens: Mesopotamia 3

The third and concluding examination of the key characteristics of Mesopotamian civilizations.

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1. "Of all the contributions made by Sumerians to the world, _______ is perhaps the most important."

• Writing

• The development of farming

• Rotary dial telephones

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2. What allowed ancient Sumerians to keep records of their lives and their history?

• Writing

• Breathable cotton for the hot climate

• Wireless data transfer

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3. What was a way for Sumerians to share information?

• Writing

• Smoke signals

• Talking drums

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4. What is cuneiform?

• Sumerian system of writing on clay tablets.

• Sumerican system of baking bread that could be carried easily

• Sumerinian style of singing characterized by yells and clicks

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5. Cuneiform characters represented physical objects, numbers, and ______.

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6. Why did Sumerians use clay for their cuneiform writings?

• Because there was no paper

• Because the clay smelled funny when it was baking

• Because the king owned a pottery barn

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7. What are scribes?

• Official record keepers

• Official royal chefs

• Official royal horse and camel trainers

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8. TRUE or FALSE: Literacy was universal in Sumer as everyone could read and write.

• TRUE: everyone in Sumer could read and write

• FALSE: only boys from rich families could read and write

• TRUE: everybody in Sumer could read and write

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9. What did cuneiform not allow Sumerians to write down, record, or keep track of?

• Marriage contracts

• business deals and court documents

• baseball box scores

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10. What is an epic?

• a long poem about an important figure

• a record label for pop stars

• a spicy plant-based seasoning for Haitian food

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11. What is the best known example of an ancient Mesopotamian folktale?

• The Epic of Gilgamesh

• A Tale of Two Cities

• Things Fall Apart

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12. "The 60-minute hour, 60-second minute, and 360-degree circle ... are ideas that came from the ______."

• The contemporary Sumericans

• The modern Sumerinians

• The ancient Sumerians

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13. How did Sumerians develop a 12-month calendar?

• by going online to see which calendar was best

• by recording the position of planets and stars

• by asking their neighbors which type of calendar they liked best

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14. What is an empire?

• a state created by war that controls many different conquered areas

• a city-state created by elections that controls almost no areas

• a city-state that is isolated and does not venture to other lands

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15. Where was the ancient empire of Akkad located?

• Southern Mesopotamia

• Eastern-West Persia

• Northern Mesopotamia

16. On a timeline, between which years did the Akkadian empire last?

2340 – 2100 BCE

1975 – 2030 CE

10 BCE – 323 CE

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16. On a timeline, between which years did the Akkadian empire last?

• 2340 – 2100 BCE

• 1975 – 2030 CE

• 10 BCE – 323 CE

17.  Who was Akkad’s most famous king?

Nebuchadnezzar

Sargon

Hammurabi

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17. Who was Akkad’s most famous king?

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

18.  What was the capital city of Akkad?

Akkad

Sumer

Kumbisaleh

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18. What was the capital city of Akkad?

• Akkad

• Sumer

• Kumbisaleh

19.  What was the empire of Akkad noteworthy, or famous, for?

Gourmet space nuggets

The first Mesopotamian empire

The hit 1965 song “Sloopy Hang On”

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19. What was the empire of Akkad noteworthy, or famous, for?

• Gourmet space nuggets

• Akkad was the first Mesopotamian empire

• They wrote the hit 1965 song “Sloopy Hang On”

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20. The ancient empire of Babylonia was located in which modern-day country?

• Iowa

• Iran

• Iraq

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21. Who was the most famous Babylonian king?

• Wasabi

• Hammurabi

• Sundiata Keita

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22. What was not Hammurabi’s Code?

• Set of strict laws dealing with farming and business, crimes and marriage

• “eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth”

• “turn the other cheek” and “forgive your neighbor”

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23. On a timeline, in which approximate year did the Babylonian empire begin?

• 2340 CE

• The Babylonian Empire started at about 1782 BCE

• 323 BCE

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24. Who was Babylonia’s most famous king?

• Calgon

• Woodi-Hayes

• Hammurabi

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25. What was the capital city of Babylonia?

• Babylon

• Canton

• Baracoa

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26. What was the empire of Babylonia noteworthy, or famous, for?

• Script Sumer

• Hammurabi’s Code

• The Da Vinci Code

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27. Which modern day countries occupy the spaces that used to belong to the ancient empire of Assyria?

• Iraq, Turkey, Iran, Syria

• Iraq, Iran, Uran, Weran

• Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Indonesia

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28. The Assyrian army had a reputation for being what?

• brutal

• amicable

• friendly

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29. After conquering a territory, the Assyrians often demanded what from the people they conquered?

• Leave their homes

• Teach them how to build ziggurats

• Teach them how to Dougie

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In addition to making conquered people leave their homes, the Assyrians often made their victims to pay tribute. In this context, what does “tribute” mean?

• A kind of gourmet beef steak

• A large predatory fish that is often at the top of marine food chains

• Forced payments

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30. What were ideas that the Assyrians did not borrow from other Mesopotamian people?

• Laws

• Religion

• Petroleum extraction

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31. Wood and metal are needed to make tools and weapons. Where did the Assyrian supplies of both wood and metal come from?

• The vast Assyrian forests

• The massive Assyrian iron works

• From outside of Assyria because those resources “had to be imported” from other countries

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32. On a timeline, in which approximate year did the Assyrian empire begin?

• 1940 – 2100 CE

• 1975 – 2030 CE

• 950 – 650 BCE

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33. Who was Assyria’s most famous king?

• Azad

• The Sultan of Aqaba

• The text does not mention any Assyrian monarch

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34. What was the capital city of Assyria?

• Ur

• Jericho

• Nineveh

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35. What was the empire of Assyria noteworthy, or famous, for?

• “Reputation for brutality.”

• Hospitality and friendliness

• Tolerance and diversity

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36. Most Chaldeans were descendants of the which earlier Mesopotamian empire?

• Babylonia

• Appolonia

• Minnetonka

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37. Who was the most famous king of Chaldea?

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Goliath

• Herod

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38. What made Nebuchadnezzar’s palace famous?

• The Hanging Gardens

• Madison Square Garden

• Touch screen door entrances

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39. “Chaldea had many canals which connected cities to the Tigris and Euphrates rivers” is an example of _____.

• irrigation

• ancient water park

• premium cable television package

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40. In order to maintain its army and empire, what did the Babylonian Empire build and why?

• The Babylonian empire built a comprehensive network of neighborhood clinics where every resident was no more than a few blocks away from the nearest doctors and nurses.

• The Babylonians built a tall babbling tower so they could ensure their place in the ancient Hebrew scriptures.

• “In order to maintain its army and empire, the Babylonian Empire built a complex tax system to collect revenue, or money.”

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41. What are astronomers?

• peoplle who telll others about zodiac things llike their signs

• sports journalists who provide coverage of major league baseball in Houston

• people who study the stars and galaxies

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42. Who are people who study the stars and galaxies?

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43. What did the astronomers of Babylon map?

• The way to get to San Jose

• Babylon’s astronomers mapped the stars and planets

• The quickest way to get to Harlem

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44. List two other achievements of Babylonian astronomers.

• Movable type for printing presses and discovery of radio waves

• The Theory of Relativity and the Pythagorean Theorem

• The development of a sundial to tell time as well as inventing the seven (7) day week

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45. Which historic event marked the beginning of the Chaldean empire and when did it happen?

• Chaldea’s empire began when it discovered an eastern passage to the land of Nimoy in 1975

• Chaldea was “liberated…from Assyrian rule in 626 BCE.”

• Chaldea’s empire began when its first king, Roy Ayers, discovered the state of Ubiquity

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46. Who was Chaldea’s most famous king?

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Roy Ayers

• Bunky Matthews

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47. What was the capital city of Chaldea?

• Baracoa

• Nimrud

• Babylon

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48. What was the empire of Chaldea not noteworthy, or famous, for?

• The Hanging Gardens

  Outstanding astronomers

• Tall ziggurats

• the invention of the first steam-powered engine

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54. Which one of these maps correctly shows the location of the Fertile Crescent?

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55. Which one of these maps accurately shows the location of Sumer?

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Paleolithic people first used tools made of ____.

• Bronze

• Copper

• Sticks, stones, tree branches

• Flint

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Which of the following developed after the Paleolithic Age?

• Language

• Farming

• Art

• Tools

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What major changes took place during the Neolithic Age?

• People built sturdier shelters

• People began farming in a systematic way

• People began using spoken language to communicate

• People learned to use fire to survive in cold environments

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In Mesopotamia, floods deposited silt, which made the soil ___.

• Rocky

• Fertile

• Dry

• Barren

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Which of the following groups belonged to the Sumerian middle class?

• Government officials

• Warriors

• Merchants

• Enslaved people

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Essential Question #1:

How did Sumerians develop a 12-month calendar?

• Sumerians developed a 12-month calendar by recording the position of planets and stars

• Sumerians developed a 12-month calendar by recording the length of the seasons

• Sumerians developed a 12-month calendar by recording the amount of flooding

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Essential Question #2:

Who developed the first empire in Mesopotamia?

• Hammurabi

• Sargon

• Ashurbanipal

• Saladin

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Essential Question #3:

What did the Assyrians often demand from the people they conquered?

• Leaving their homes

• Participation in elections

• “volunteers” for the army

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Essential Question #4:

What did the astronomers of Babylon map?

• The astronomers of Babylon mapped the irrigation canals

• The astronomers of Babylon mapped the ocean currents

• The astronomers of Babylon mapped the nearby mountains

• The astronomers of Babylon mapped the stars and the planets