Quiz #1

The Code of Hammurabi in Babylonia was intended to

• free slaves from oppression.

• give all people voting rights

• allow commoners to have more rights

• let all people know all the laws.

The area known as "Mesopotamia" is found between the rivers

• Nile and Congo

• Danube and Rhine

• Yellow and Yangtze

• Tigris and Euphrates

Monotheism is the religious belief in

• peace.

• one God.

• tolerance

• one culture

The MAIN reason for the construction of the pyramids seen here was to

• intimidate potential invaders of the Egyptian kingdom.

• convince peasants of the greatness of the pharaoh.

• serve as burial tombs for Egyptian pharaohs.

• serve as burial tombs for important people.

The word "prehistory" means:

• After writing

• Before writing

The belief in many gods is called

• monotheism

• polytheism

• theocracy

• All of the above

Which tribe originated from the ancient city of Ur

• Phoenicians

• Sumerians

• Hittites

• Babylonians