Civilization in the Near East and Africa Quiz

What is considered the highest form of human progress?

• Nomadic lifestyle

• Civilization

• Agricultural society

• Industrial society

Which of the following is not an indication of a society having progressed into the advanced state of civilization?

• Development of cities with large populations

• Reliance on manual labor

• High degree of agricultural production

• Use of modern technologies

What is the significance of geography in the development of civilization?

• It determines the type of government in a civilization

• It has no impact on the development of civilization

• It affects the religious beliefs of a civilization

• It influences the development of communities into civilization

Which rivers were important factors in the development of the earliest communities in the Near East?

• Nile and Amazon

• Tigris and Euphrates

• Indus and Ganges

• Yangtze and Yellow

What was the region of Mesopotamia known as?

• Land of the Pharaohs

• Land of the Samurai

• Land of Kings

• Land of the Aryans

Who established the Akkadian Empire?

• Sargon

• Hammurabi

• Hattusili I

• Naram-sin

What was the capital of the Akkadian Empire?

• Agade

• Babylon

• Eridu

• Uruk

What language became the common tongue within the region of Mesopotamia during the Akkadian Empire?

• Hittite

• Babylonian

• Akkadian

• Sumerian

Who promulgated the Code of Hammurabi?

• Hattusili I

• Hammurabi

• Naram-sin

• Sargon

What was the period immediately after the fall of Ur, and including the emergence of Babylon in the second millennium BCE, known as?

• Hittite Period

• Akkadian Period

• Neo-Babylonian Period

• Old Babylonian Period