chapter 2 quiz

The fertile cresent has been called the crossroads of the world because it was

• the center of advanced civilaizations

• often flooded by the tigris and euphrates rivers

• protected from invasion by deserts

• on the route connecting europe, asia, and afirca

sumerians influinced later civilizations through each of the following EXCEPT

• law codes

• architecture

• artihmetic and geometry

• cuneiform

the movement of people across the fertile crescent resulted in

• invention of hieroglyphics

• constant exchange of ideas

• belief in one god

• building of irrigation systems

hammurabis code was a major achievement because it

• was a record of all existing law

• treated citizens and slave as equals

• ended all physical punishment

• rejected the principle of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth

The people of Mesopatamia depended on

• hot summer winds

• tide of the Mediterranean sea

• water from the jordan river

• silt deposits by the tigris and Euphrates rivers

The hitties had a military advantage over their enemies because they used

• wheeled chariots

• iron weapons

• bronze spears

• soldiers on horseback

sumerians believed they could ensure the arrival of spring by

• constructing ziggurats

• worshiping Ahura Mazda

• writing prayers to the gods

• acting out the story of Inanna and Dumuzi

The assyrians where known for

• treating conquered people kindly

• destroying Sumerian cuneiform tablets

• establishing an efficient system of government

• inventing a 12 month calander

how did the sumerians differ from the egyptians in the way they looked on their rulers?

• they allowed rulers to only govern for ten years

• they worship their rulers as gods

• they saw their kings as gods representatives on earth

• they paid taxes and obeyd their ruler without questions

Chaldean priests studied stars and planets in order to

• predict the future

• show that the earth was round

• encourage learning

• discover what plants would grow best in babylon