History Chp 2 # 4: Old Sumerian Period: Wars & Expansion

History Chp 2 # 4: Old Sumerian Period: Wars & Expansion

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History Chp 2 # 4: Old Sumerian Period: Wars & Expansion

History Chp 2 # 4: Old Sumerian Period: Wars & Expansion

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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In ascending order, identify the cities that dominated Sumer during the 3rd milllennium B.C.

Kish, Lagash, and Uruk

Babylon, Chicago, Istanbul

Eridu, Uruk, Ur

Nippur, Wakanda, Babel

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Why was the ancient Sumerian civilization in constant alternating states of war and peace?

  1. Due to religious indifferences, the city-states fought with each other to destroy or overpower those who opposed their beliefs.

Due to constant changes in the strength of city-states, stronger city-states tended to take control over their surrounding weaker city-states.

  1. Due to their aptitude for tribal warfare, the city-states fought amongst themselves to show off their latest weaponry.

  1. Due to constant lack of food, city-states tended to fight over any land that was agriculturally rich.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which of the following is NOT true of the Old Sumerian Period?

  1. Various city-states ruled over Sumer.

  1. City-states in the period looked to expand beyond their borders.

It was a period marked by relative peace.

  1. It was ended with the institution of the Akkadian Empire.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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The Old Sumerian Period was a period of Sumerian civilization in the ancient region of _____.

Mesopotamia
Greece
Babylonia
Egypt

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What artifact gives mythical and historical information about Sumer that historians consider to be mostly accurate?

Book of the Dead
  1. Rosetta Stone

TheSumerian King MonumentOdyssey

The Sumerian King List