WH Unit 1 Test

What is Hammurabi famous for?

• He was the first to use cuneiform (writing)

• He was the first emperor.

• He had a powerful army.

• He was the first to produce written laws.

Mesopotamia means the land between two rivers. Name the two rivers.

• The Nile and the Amazon

• The Tigris and the Euphrates

• The Snake and the Colorado

• The Pol and the Yangtze.

The Sumerian writing system was called

• Ziggurat

• Stele

• Heiroglyphs

• Cuneiform

What is Polytheism?

• a long poem that records the deeds of a legendary or real hero

• a pyramid shaped structure with a temple at the top

• a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory

• A belief in more than one god

What is a Ziggurat?

• a city that governs itself and its surrounding territory

• a person who copies or writes out documents: often a record keeper

• A pyramid shaped structure with a temple at the top

• a belief in more than one god

1. Life is full of suffering.
2. The desire for possessions causes suffering.
3. Elimination of desire will stop one’s suffering.
4. Following the Eightfold path will lead to Enlightenment.

These statements are key to the belief system of

• Buddhism

• Hinduism

• Islam

• Christianity

Name the civilization: 
- Tigris and Euphrates
- Cuneiform
- City-States

• Egypt
• Mesopotamia/
  Sumer
• India
• China

Name the civilization: 
- Nile River
- Hieroglyphics
- Pyramids

• Egypt
• Mesopotamia/
  Sumer
• India
• China

Mesopotamia, India, China, and Egypt all depended on which of the following.

• The belief in only one god.

• Earthquakes

• The flooding of their local rivers.

• Strong winds known as Monsoons

Flooding of the Nile brought what to ancient Egypt?

• Locust that ate all their crops

• Invaders from Western Africa

• Water buffalo for hunting

• Silt which helped with agriculture