Topic 2: Civilizations and Peoples of the Fertile Crescent Test

Which date marks the beginning of the Jewish Diaspora?

• 1200 bce

• 900 bce

• 722 bce

• 587 bce

Sumer is important in world history because it was...

• the world's first civilization

• where human beings evolved

• where the first fishing villages developed

• the world's largest empire

Which of the following are included in the Ten Commandments? Chose TWO correct answers:

• "Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy"

• "You shall not lie"

• "You shall not steal"

• "You shall obey your spiritual leader"

When Judaism began, how was it different from other 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 led to the conquest of Sumer?

• the unification of city-states

• the peace among city-states

• the fighting among city-states

• the wealth of city-states

What did Sumerian sculptors create that was different from earlier sculptors?

• iron pieces

• realistic statues of humans

• hanging gardens

• Assyrian-style statues

Which of the following correctly describes the Epic of Gilgamesh? Choose TWO correct answers:

• It was the important legal code written by Sumerian king, Gilgamesh

• It was written in cunieform

• It is a myth, telling the story of a legendary hero named Gilgamesh

• It was written by Sumerian priests

Read the excerpt from Hammurabi’s Code.

“If a man has knocked out the eye of a patrician [aristocrat], his eye shall be knocked out. . . If he has knocked out the eye of a plebeian [commoner] . . . he shall pay one mina of silver. If he has knocked out the eye of a patrician’s servant . . . he shall pay half his value.”

What does this quote illustrate about the nature of Hammurabi’s Code?

• The law’s punishments did not encourage social order.

• The law did not treat all members of society equally.

• The law did not address private matters, such as taxes.

• The law’s punishments encouraged social order.

What city became the center of Hammurabi’s Mesopotamian empire?

• Babylon

• Lagash

• Ur

• Umma

The official religion of the Persian Empire was Zoroastrianism, whose main belief is...

• people may worship many gods

• the universe is in a struggle between good and evil

• meditation is the path to enlightenment

• leaders should be buried in huge structures called pyramids