What is true concerning the Code of Hammurabi?

Punishments were based on the type of crime committed as well as the person’s social class standing.

All punishments resulted in death.

A guilty punishment was always harsh and reflected the philosophy of an eye for an eye.

Which BEST describes how societies were structured in the earliest civilizations?

rigid class systems with slavery

rigid class systems with no slavery

What was main purpose of cuneiform?

It was used to keep records of trade.

It helped educate all Sumerians.

What does “the Exodus” refer to in the history of the Jews?

their scattering across the world

How did Judaism differ from other Fertile Crescent religions?

Judaism promoted a belief in one God, whereas other religions promoted a belief in many gods

Judaism promoted a belief in many gods, whereas other religions worshipped only one God.

Judaism had no written text, whereas, all other religions had holy books.

Judaism was the only religion to establish a set of guidelines for its followers.

The Hebrews, Egyptians and Phoenicians

traded along and across the Mediterranean Sea

practiced the belief in only one god

the use of a simple 22 character alphabet

developed the use of a moral code of law

Upon conquering a people practicing a different religion, Persian conquerors would be most likely to:

allow them to keep their religion and customs

destroy their temples but spares their priests

destroy their temples and holds their priests captive in Babylon

convert the people to Assyrianism

What effect did the inventions of the plow, pottery, and weaving have on early societies?

They helped create agricultural surpluses and encouraged settlements.

They helped people move about to find food.

They increased incidences of fighting among neighbors.

They gave rise to early forms of government.

What do the civilizations of the Hebrews and the Babylonians have in common?

they both contributed a code of laws

they were both centered on rivers

they both included a system of city-states within their empires

they both made advanced technological improvements

The Phoenicians were called the "carriers of civilization" because they:

were a sailing people who spread ideas and products of the Fertile Crescent

developed the first written laws

were the largest of the ancient Fertile Crescent civilizations

The Torah is the Jewish holy text. For Christians it is the same text as:

the first five books of the Old Testament

the second part of the New Testament

Babylonian captivity (Exile) was when

Jews were captured and sent to Babylon as slaves

Jews were given their original homeland of Israel back

Jews migrated to other parts of the world like America

Jews established Babylon as their second capitol

Which of the following is true about the religion of Zoroastrianism?

It offered rewards to those who were good

Ahura-Mazda was one of many creator gods

It offered rewards to those who were evil

Ahriman granted the Persian king the authority to rule

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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What is the scattering of Jews/Hebrews across the Fertile Crescent, North Africa and Asia

Exodus

Captivity

Exile

Diaspora

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which type of government was used in the Persian Empire?

Religious oligarchy

Republic

Imperial bureaucracy

Democracy

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Chinese characters

Phoenician alphabet

Egyptian hieroglyphics

Sumerian cuneiform

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The defining characteristic of polytheistic religions is the idea that-

there is an eternal struggle between good and evil

beings undergo many cycles of rebirth

past actions control the destiny of each person

there are many gods and goddesses in existence

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Persian religion that teaches that there is good vs. evil and heaven and hell

Judaism

Zoroastrianism

Hinduism

Buddhism

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Hammurabi

Alexander

Xerxes

Menes

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Chinese characters

Phoenician alphabet

Egyptian hieroglyphics

Sumerian cuneiform

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