Ch. 4 Test

The name cuneiform comes from a Latin word meaning “wedge.”

• True
• False

Which was an ancient writing system that involved cutting wedge-shaped marks into clay?

• Hieroglyphics
• Cuneiform.
• Cyrillic.

Skilled workers who made metal products, cloth, or pottery are called

• artisans
• merchants
• priests
• scribes

The capital of the Chaldean empire was at

• Assyria.
• Babylon.
• Jericho.
• Egypt 

Mesopotamia’s climate was

• always cold.
• temperate.
• hot and dry.
• tropical 

Something that passes to the children when the parent dies, such as power from a king, is

• hereditary.
• reactionary.
• secondary.

The Chaldeans of Babylon were the first people to

• follow a seven-day week
• use wheels as transportation 
• sell goods to merchants
• build a ziggurat in a town center

Throughout history, which two factors have influenced where people settle?

• animals for hunting and average temperature
• drinking water and the ability to grow crops
• building supplies and nearby trade ports

In the ancient Akkadian language, which word means “to rise high”?

• ziggurat
• cuneiform
• Mesopotamia

Who created and ruled the Babylonian Empire?

• Hammurabi
• Marduk
• Nabopolassar