Unit 1: Ancient Civilizations - SSWH1 & SSWH2

This picture shows an area known as the..

• Farming Curve
• Fertile Crescent
• Green Sea
• Fertile Curve

Civilization in Mesopotamia developed between which two rivers?

• the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean

• The Nile River

• The Huang He River

• the Euphrates and the Tigris Rivers

Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?

• Gilgamesh

• Hammarabui

• Sargon

• Nebuchadnezzar

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Cuneiform
• Hieroglyphs
• English
• Sargon

When the Akkadians under Sargon conquered the city-states of Sumer, they created the first

• empire
• huge city-state
• nation
• democracy

Which of the following is NOT true of Hammurabi's code?

• It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.

• It was used by many later civilizations as a model

• It treated all people the same under the law.

• It was carved in stone.

When the king is seen as a god.

• Mandate of Heaven

• Theorcracy

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

An Egyptian king was called a ___________

• scribe

• servant

• papyrus

• pharaoh

What the major river that was in Ancient Egypt?

• Euphrates

• Yangtze

• Nile

• Tigris

What was a MAJOR purpose for building the pyramids?

• temples for religious worship
• storehouses for reserves of grain
• homes for the pharaohs' servants
• tombs for pharaohs when they died