North Africa Notes Quiz

What was the world's first written language?

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics

• Arabic

• German

The nomadic hunters and gatherers stayed in one place and farmed.

• True

• False

The world's first civilization developed between the _______ and the Euphrates rivers.

The Egyptian system of writing is called

• Hieroglyphics

• Cuneifom

• Arabic

Match the following words to the correct definition

• a messenger from God

• pharoah

• 1000

• millennium

• belief in one God

• monotheism

• change religion

• convert

• ruler in ancient Egypt

• prophet

This person created the world's first legal codes

• King Hammurabi

• George Bush

• John Legal

• King Tut

The purpose of the Codes of Hammurabi was to

• give criminals freedom

• make the people angry

• bring law to society

• punish good people

Who developed the first alphabet?

• Phoenicians

• Sumerians

• Egyptians

• Iranians

This comes from a plant and is used in religious ceremonies.

• myrrh

• fat

The land in Mesopotamia was good for

• agriculture (farming)

• building ships

• is was dry and worthless