6th SS

a ship is at 20 degrees south latitude and 80 degrees east longitude. Which best describes the location of the ship?

• the middle of the Indian Ocean

• Off the west coast of Africa

• Off the west coast of South Africa

• the middle of the Arctic ocean

What was one reason the ancient Hebrews left Egypt under the leasership of Moses?

• to escape slavery

• to unify the Hebrew tribes

• to find regligious freedom

• to escape the invading Assyrians

Judaism had its roots in Mesopotamia. From there Abraham, a great Hebrew leader, led the Hebrews to Canaan, where they lived until a famine forced them to move to Egypt. Where did they migrate to in order to escape slavery in Egypt?

• they traveled along the Nile south to Nubia

• they wandered through the desert until they reached Mesopotomia.

• They wandered in the desert and finally returned to Canaan.

• They built ships and crossed the Mediterranean Sea to reach Greece.

What motivated the ancient Assyrians to gain control of nearly the entire Fertile Crescent?

• Desire for natural resources

• religious beliefs

• desire for trade and adventure

• desire for war and conquest

Historians believe that Babylonians made all of the following contributions except:

• the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

• Determined that place value refers to the position of numerals

• Accurately predict, or estimate when eclipses of the sun and moon would occur.

• developed a system of writing.

What is a set of laws that provides guidance for the worship of God and rules for moral behavior called?

• the code of Hammurabi

• the Principles of Religion

• the Ten Commandments

• None of the above

How did Moses influence Jewish civilizations?

• he founded and spread Judaism

• he received and spread the Ten Commandments

• he was the first Jewish King

• He obeyed and spread the code of Hammurabi.

Which of the following rulers was the fifth king of Uruk, and searched to find out how to live forever?

• Gilgamesh

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

• none of the above

which of the following was not part of Sumerian civilization?

• worship of a single god

• walls surrounding their city-states

• ziggurats

• mud-brick houses

which of the following best describes the first mesopotamians?

• hunters

• farmers

• roamers

• hunter gatherers