World History Final Review Unit 2

What was the importance of Hammurabi’s laws?

• a.  They treated everyone equally.

• a.  The punishments were fair.

• a.  They divided the kingdom.

• a.  They were the first written laws.

Hatshepsut was an Egyptian pharaoh known for 

• a.  The mummified cats buried in her tomb.

• a.  Dressing like a man and wearing a fake beard.

• Pretending to be a man to take the throne

• a.  Being the only female to rule Egypt.

Rameses II was known for... 

• a.  Always giving accurate accounts of his victories

• a.  Being the most powerful pharaoh of the New Kingdom of Egypt

• a.  Marrying Hatshepsut

• a.  Losing his kingdom to the Hittites

What were some signs that the Persians had a highly successful and sophisticated society?

• a.  Road systems and standardized money

• a.  Modernized buildings

• a.  Specialized ships

• Advanced farming techniques

Mesopotamia was a river valley civilization that was located on what river(s)?

• Nile River

• Tigris and Euphrates River

• Huang He and Yangtze River

• Indus and Ganges River

The Egyptians depended on what river(s) to sustain their civilization?

• Nile River

• Tigris and Euphrates River

• Huang He and Yangtze River

• Indus and Ganges River

Ancient Chinese civilizations were located along which of the following river(s)?

• Nile River

• Tigris and Euphrates River

• Huang He and Yangtze River

• Indus and Ganges River

The Phoenicians were remembered because they....

• a.  Buried items needed for the afterlife with the dead.

• a.  Used iron to make weapons and tools.

• a.  Created the first alphabet.

• a.  Had a strict caste system that was tied to religion.

Which of the following is NOT one of the core beliefs of Judaism? 

• a.  Torah was sacred book of laws and history

• a.  Worship many gods

• a.  Worship one true God

• a.  Prophets taught morals and justice

One of the reasons the Old Kingdom of Egypt fell was...

• They did not have a centralized government
  
  

• The people did not believe the Pharaoh was a god

• Costs of the pyramids

• Invasion from the south