Mesopotamia and Judaism Test

What two rivers influenced Mesopotamia?

• Tiber and Indus

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea

• Nile and Tigris

The earliest cities were located next to which important geographic feature?

• Oceans

• Caves

• Rivers

• Mountains

Which ancient civilization crated the settlements shown on the map?

• Greek

• Egyptian

• Hebrew

• Phoenician

What statement refers to Mesopotamia?

• The land of the upper Nile

• The land between the rivers

• The land of Mediterranean Sea

• The land between the mountains

The arc of land that stretches from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea is called —

• The Mediterranean Basin

• Thte Fertile Crescent

• Mesopotamia

• The Arabian Desert

The ancient civilization described by these statements was —

• Rome

• Phoenicia

• Greece

• Mesopotamia

"If a man has stolen an ox, sheep, or pig, or a boat that belonged to a temple or palace, he shall repay thirty times its cost. If it belonged to a private citizen, he shall repay ten times. If he cannot pay, he shall be put to death."

This passage above is an excerpt from -

• Justinian's Code

• New Testament

• Islamic Law

• Hammurabi's Code

What was a major achievement of the Code of Hammurabi?

• It was the first set of laws that treated men and woman as equals

• It was the first set of written laws

• It was the first set of laws created solely by one man

• It was the major belief of the Babylonians

According to the table, which of the following best explains the difference between the written law codes established by these two documents?

• The Ten Commandments prevented violent crimes.

• The Code of Hammurabi established a harsh punishment of wrongful acts.

• The Code of Hammurabi only applied to men of the patrician class.

• The Ten Commandments provided a much stricter form of punishment

In most ancient civilizations, the labor force was mostly made up of —

• slaves

• artisans

• women

• military