Ancient Civilizations

The Sumerians believed gods and goddesses _____ the cities.

• destroyed
• built
• ruled
• supervised

A government by divine authority is called ____.

• a theocracy
• monotheistic
• a democracy
• polytheistic

The process of slowly drying a dead boy to prevent it from rotting is called ____.

• mummification
• hieroglyphics
• ka
• extraction

In theory, Egyptian ___ owned all the land and granted parts of it to their subjects.

• peasants
• nobles
• pharaohs
• priests

Farming in ancient Mesopotamia resulted in an abundance of food, which

• often rotted, causing illness.
• enabled civilization to emerge.
• caused overpopulation.
• produced inflation.

The first empire in world history was the ____ Empire.

• Egyptian
• Sumerian
• Akkadian
• Phoenician

Hammurabi is remembered for

• his agricultural innovations.
• his law code, a collection of laws for Mesopotamia society.
• restructuring Mesopotamia religion.
• overthrowing the Akkadian Empire.

The history of Egypt began around 3100 BC, when

• the Nile River flooded.
• the first pyramid collapsed.
• Menes united Upper and Lower Egypt.
• a volcano at Giza erupted.

Cyrus the Great showed such wisdom and compassion when he conquered Babylon that

• he was executed.
• everyone accepted him as ruler.
• he was worshipped as a god.
• he conquered Africa.

Which leader of the Persian Empire extended it to become the largest empire the world had yet seen?

• Moses
• Marc Antony
• Darius
• Nebuchadnezzar