Unit 5 Mesopotamia Test Review

What event lead to the beginning of the Jewish Diaspora?

• When Jews flee from Egypt and live in the desert

• The Kingdom of Israel split into two

• Assyrian Empire conquered Israel

• Babylonians capture and destroy Jerusalem

Which of the following texts contains commentaries on the teachings of Moses?

• The Writings

• The Torah

• The Hebrew Bible

• The Talmud

What was the Sumerian art form and writing called?

• cuneiform printing

• stone stelae

• ivory netsuke

• cylinder seals

Who was the world's first civilization?

• Egypt

• Sumer

• Great Britain

• Greece

How was Judaism different then the first religions in the ancient world?

• Judaism had sacred texts.

• Judaism did not instruct its followers about how to lead their daily lives.

• Judaism held that there was one God who set down laws about right and wrong.

• Judaism held that there was good and evil in the universe.

What was the official religion of the Persian Empire?

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Zoroastrianism

• Islam

How did the Diaspora change the way Jews worshipped?

• Jews traveled to Jerusalem to participate in festivals.

• Jews adopted Greek and Roman methods of worship.

• Rabbis became leaders of Jewish rituals.

• Synagogues became more important for worship.

Mesopotamia refers to the land between what?

• The Nile and Euphrates rivers

• The Mississippi and Colorado Rivers

• The Tigris and Euphrates rivers

• The Nile and Tigris rivers

Why were priests so important to Sumerian city-states?

• Priests were at the top of the Sumerian social order.

• Sumerians believed only priests could communicate with gods to help the city prosper.

• Priests and temples controlled much of the surrounding farmlands.

• Sumerians feared priests because they led rituals involving human sacrifice.