Ancient Civ Midterm (2019)

What land features gave Mesopotamia its name (Hint: 'between two rivers)

• Yangtze and Yellow

• Nile and Black Sea

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Euphrates and the Mediterranean Sea

Why did Mesopotamia build canals?

• For irrigation and to prevent flooding

• For defense

• For their gods

• To clean themselves in

What was Phoenicia known for?

• Architecture and Monuments

• Art and Religion

• Warfare and Weapons

• Shipbuilding and Trade

Hammurabi's code is important to the world because it was an early

• form of writing used to record important events

• written list of laws that controlled people's daily life and behavior

• record keeping system that enabled the Phoenicians to become great traders

• set of symbols that allowed the Sumerians to communicate with other people

Who served a role between the Sumerians and the gods?

• farmers

• war chiefs

• priests

• political leaders

Which of the following best describes cuneiform?

• a form of writing using picture symbols

• a form of writing using wedge-shaped symbols

• a form of writing using complex ideas such as “joy

• a form of writing using proverbs and songs

The most famous Egyptian Pharaoh of the OLD KINGDOM was:

• Khufu

• Menes

• Tutankhamen

• Ramses II

Which Pharaoh united Upper and Lower Egypt?

• Khufu

• Menes

• Tutankhamen

• Hatshepsut

The Egyptian system of writing was known as

• cuneiform

• ziggurat

• hieroglyphics

• cataracts

To preserve the bodies of the elite dead, Egyptians practiced the process of

• In-Ground Burial

• Mummification

• Cremation

• Natural Burial