AM - Vocab Quiz

What is cuneiform?

• A musical instrument

• A type of food

• A system of writing

• A form of dance

What is a ziggurat?

• A form of currency

• A type of boat

• A pyramid-shaped temple tower

• A type of weapon

What is polytheism?

• Worship of nature

• Worship of many gods

• Worship of one god

• Worship of animals

Who was the Persian leader who conquered a large amount of territory to form the world's largest empire at that time?

• 
  Cyrus the Great

• Hammurabi

• 
  Sargon

• Darius I

Who was the Persian leader who improved society with political organization, art, road construction, and more

• Hammurabi

• Cyrus the Great

• Darius I

• Sargon

True or False: Sargon was the Akkadian leader who established the world's first empire

• True

• False

What does division of labor mean?

• laboring in the summer

• an arrangement in which workers specialize in a particular task

• using math equations to solve problems

• laboring in the winter

What does surplus mean?

• Just enough

• More than needed

• Less than needed

Civilization refers to...

• The society, culture, and way of life in a particular region

• Territories and groups of people under a single ruler

• An area of countryside, rather than a town or city

• An area referring to a town or city

Urban means

• picture symbols

• an area referring to a town or city

• an area of countryside

• pyramid-shaped temple tower