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Chapter 3

Total questions: 87

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The Phoenicians became the best at what economic activity?
a)
traders
b)
warriors
c)
lawyers
d)
doctors
2.
The Phoenicians were the first people to create what?
a)
Cedar wood
b)
22 letter alphabet 
c)
government
d)
writing
3.
What was the name of the greatest Phoenician colony?
a)
Athens
b)
Rome
c)
Sparta
d)
Carthage
4.
Why did the Phoenicians become sailors and traders instead of farmers?
a)
there were no rivers for irrigation of crops
b)
there was not much land available for farming
c)
there was not enough rainfall for their crops
d)
they did not like farming
5.
What did the Phoenicians share with other groups they met, which is important to us today?
a)
Stories and legends
b)
Maps and compasses
c)
Shipbuilding and sailing strategies
d)
the alphabet they had invented
6.
Who settled along the Mediterranean coast (Fertile Crescent)
a)
Hebrews
b)
Phoenicians
c)
Nubians
7.

an area ruled by a distant country

a)

colony

b)

navigation

c)

empire

d)

country

8.
the art of steering a ship from place to place
a)
import
b)
navigation
c)
export
d)
colony
9.
The Phoenicians dominated _______ trade across the Mediterranean.
a)
land
b)
all
c)
sea
d)
air
10.
Fertile Crescent is an arc of land stretching from-
a)
Nile River to Euphrates River
b)
Mediterranean Sea to Red Sea
c)
Persian Gulf to Mediterranean Sea
d)
Red Sea to Black Sea
11.
Sumerians developed this form of government-
a)
Nation
b)
City-states
c)
Feudal sytem
d)
Democracy
12.
The Epic of Gilgamesh was written in which writing system?
a)
Hieroglyphics
b)
Cuneiform
c)
Alphabet
d)
Sanskrit
13.
Ancient Sumerians invented all EXCEPT
a)
Wheel
b)
Plow
c)
Sail
d)
Purple dye
14.
Hammurabi's Code treated all men equally
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Which civilization was well known to be fierce warriors?
a)
Phoenicians
b)
Egyptians 
c)
Assyrians
d)
Akkadians
16.
Who held power in Ancient Mesopotamia for almost 400 years?
a)
Hittites
b)
Kassites
c)
Chaldeans
d)
Babylonians 
17.
A wheeled, horse drawn cart used in battle is known as what?
a)
Car
b)
Chariot
c)
Axle
d)
Buggy
18.
Who built a Kingdom in Asia Minor, in what is today Turkey?
a)
Kassites
b)
Hittites
c)
Chaldeans
d)
Babylonians 
19.
Who was the King in Babylon in 1792 BC?
a)
Hammurabi
b)
Sargon
c)
Ur
d)
Uruk
20.
The city that was located on the Euphrates river, that is now known as Baghdad, was known as what?
a)
Babylon
b)
Sumeria
c)
Phoenicia
d)
Ur
21.
What is polytheism?
a)
The worship of one god
b)
The worship of many gods
c)
The disbelieve of all religions
d)
The study of the stars
22.
What was the first complex written law code?
a)
Hammurbria's code
b)
The US consitution 
c)
Great Brirain's Parilment
d)
The ziggurat
23.
What were pictographs?
a)
a form of writing that used pictures of the meanings
b)
photographs
c)
graphs of crops
d)
maps
24.
Chaldean King
a)
Nebuchadnezzar
b)
Hammurabi
25.
What did the Hittites teach the Assyrians that helped make their army stronger?
a)
how to use bows and arrows and other more advanced weapons such as catapults and battering rams
b)
how to fight while riding horses
c)
how to make use stronger metals for weaponry, such as iron
d)
how to make chariots
26.
Because rivers like the Nile, Tigris, and Euphrates flooded in ancient times,
a)
people lived in a constant state of fear as to when the next flood would hit.
b)
land around the river was fertile and capable of supporting farming.
c)
the concepts of cooperation and democracy were founded.
d)
those places were never able to form civilizations
27.
 The code of Hammurabi in Babylonia was invented to
a)
free slaves from oppression
b)
give all people voting rights
c)
let all people know all the laws
d)
allow commoners to have more rights
28.
What new technologies did the Hittites and Assyrians use in battle?
a)
Roads and Horses
b)
Chariots and Iron Weapons
c)
Bow and Arrow
d)
Elephants and Spears
29.
Which of the following best describes cuneiform?
a)
A form of writing using wedge shaped symbols
b)
A form of writing using pictures and words
c)
A form of writing using modern-day letters
d)
A form of writing using drawings of animals to represent letters
30.
What Mesopotamian Empire did Sargon create?
a)
Kush
b)
The Fertile Crescent
c)
Akkadians
d)
Chaldeans
31.
What is a land with different territories and people live under a single rule?
a)
Empire
b)
Monarch
c)
City-state
d)
Polytheism
32.
What is a city and the countryside around it?
a)
City-state
b)
Polytheism
c)
Empire
d)
Fertile Crescent
33.
Chaldean king who built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
a)
Sargon
b)
Nebuchadnezzar
c)
Hammurabi
d)
Scribe
34.
He was known for writing a set of laws
a)
Nebuchadnezzar
b)
Sargon
c)
Scribe
d)
Hammurabi
35.
Because irrigation made farmers more productive, they produced a surplus.  This led to
a)
division of labor
b)
an epic
c)
an empire
d)
a drought
36.
What effect did the Phonenicans' trading have on the world?
a)
More people lived in peace.
b)
Fewer people battled.
c)
More lands were conquered.
d)
Goods and ideas were spread.
37.
Why were scribes important people in Mesopotamia?
a)
They had acquired large amounts of land
b)
They refused to teach anyone else to read
c)
They negotiated treaties
d)
They kept records for the king.
38.
Hammurabi's code was significant because
a)
it was part of the oral traditions of Babylonia
b)
For the first time, laws were written down
c)
Everyone in the ancient world followed it
d)
The laws applied to everyone equally
39.
What wheeled vehicle did the Hittites use in battle?
a)
Chariot
b)
Hoverboard
c)
Lamborghini
40.
What are long poems about great heroes called?
a)
Epics
b)
Heroic Poems
c)
Long heroic peoms
41.
Why did the city-states often fight each other?
a)
They wanted each others food.
b)
They were mad at each other.
c)
They wanted to gain more farmland for food.
42.
What civilization was led by Sargon and was located north of Sumer?
a)
The Akkadians
b)
Egypt
c)
Babylonia
d)
Sinai Penninsula
43.
Another word for city areas.
a)
empire
b)
rural
c)
urban
d)
city-state
44.
The division of society by rank or class.
a)
social hierarchy
b)
polytheism
c)
city-state
d)
religion
45.
The foundation of Sumerian society
a)
religion
b)
priests
c)
city-states
d)
empire
46.
What did the Sumerians invent to improve farming?  
a)
seeds
b)
grains
c)
plows
d)
shovels
47.
What was the Sumerians' most important invention? 
a)
the sledge
b)
the wheel
c)
the arch
d)
the barge
48.
Which statement shows how Sumerian religion and government were connected?  
a)
Sumerians believed that merchants sold goods for the king.
b)
Sumerians believed that the king got power from the gods.
c)
Sumerians recorded their prayers on clay tablets.
d)
Sumerians recorded the movements of the planets.
49.
The Phoenicians dominated _______ trade across the Mediterranean.
a)
land
b)
all
c)
sea
d)
air
50.
Who held power in Ancient Mesopotamia for almost 400 years?
a)
Hittites
b)
Kassites
c)
Chaldeans
d)
Babylonians 
51.
What is a standing army? 
a)
Soldiers waiting for battle 
b)
Soldiers standing in a line 
c)
Full time  paid soldiers
d)
Soldiers that fight standing 
52.
A set of letters that can be combined to form words is known as what?
a)
Cuneiform
b)
Pictographs
c)
Alphabet
d)
Group of Letters
53.
Who wrote a legal code that covered most areas of daily life?
a)
Gilgamesh
b)
Hammarabui
c)
Nineveh
d)
Sargon
54.
Which of the following were members of the upper class?
a)
kings and priests
b)
artisans
c)
merchants and traders
d)
scribes
55.
When the Akkadians under Sargon conquered the city-states of Sumer, they created the first
a)
empire
b)
huge city-state
c)
nation
d)
democracy
56.
Which of the following is  NOT true of Hammurabi's code?
a)
It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.
b)
t was used by many later civilizations as a model
c)
It treated all people the same under the law.
d)
It was carved in stone.
57.
Rule by one person, a king or queen
a)
Dictatorship
b)
Theorcracy
c)
Monarchy
d)
Oligarchy
58.
What was the relationship between trade and the spread of the Phoenician alphabet? 
a)
Phoenicians traded knowledge of their alphabet for goods and services they needed
b)
Trade increased in places where the Phoenician alphabet was not used.
c)
The Phoenician alphabet spread along their trade routes. 
d)
Phoenicians would only trade with people who could write in Phoenician.
59.
What modern day country is Mesopotamia mostly in?
a)
India
b)
Egypt
c)
China
d)
Iraq
60.
The Sumerians invented something that made it possible for their armies to use chariots. What was it?  
a)
harnesses
b)
swords
c)
wheels
d)
horseshoes
61.
Why was writing first invented?
a)
for texting
b)
to write stories
c)
for fun
d)
to keep records
62.
The division of the people in a society by rank or class
a)
Domestication
b)
Social hierarchy
c)
Surplus
d)
Trade Routes
63.

Based on this Mesopotamian structure, what conclusion can be made about this ancient civilization?

a)

It was a primitive civilization made up of mostly nomadic tribes.

b)

It's government lacked authority and was unable to keep control of its people.

c)

It had a large population but had few resources.

d)

It was a well developed society with advanced knowledge of math and science.

64.

The city state located on Euphrates River near what is today Iraq is ____________________________ the former capital of Hammurabi's empire.

a)

Ninevah

b)

Babylon

c)

Ur

d)

Kish

65.

Which natural obstacle led Phoenicians to use the sea for trade?

a)

Mountains to the east and north

b)

Flood plains

c)

Desert

d)

Swamp land

66.

Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar both

a)

build beautiful palaces

b)

built a Babylonian Empire

c)

Wrote a code of law on stone

d)

Created a Hanging Garden in the Desert

67.

What does Hammurabi's Code reveal about the society? choose more than one

a)

There was no social hierarchy

b)

everyone was expected to know the law

c)

there was an emphasis on fairness

d)

Everyone was treated equally

68.

What modern day country was Phoenicia located in?

a)

Iraq

b)

Iran

c)

Lebanon

d)

Egypt

69.

One purpose of cylinder seals was

a)

To make an urn pretty

b)

To show ownership of property

c)

To give an artist a job

d)

to close up olive oil jars

70.

In 612 BCE, the Chaldeans destroyed the Assyrian Empire. About how long ago was that?

a)

About 1400 years ago

b)

About 10,000 years ago

c)

About 1200 years ago

d)

About 2600 years ago

71.

The first group to rule after Hammurabi was

a)

Kassites

b)

Chaldeans

c)

Akkadians

d)

Hittites

72.

The First Stage in the development of writing was

a)

Pictures representing sounds

b)

Pictures representing verbs or actions

c)

Pictures representing nouns or things

d)

wedge shaped characters on wet clay

73.
What was the purpose of the scribe?
a)
Rule the people and make the laws
b)
Develop the economy
c)
Teach the people about religion
d)
Write and record information
74.
Which writing form consisted of shapes and lines produced by using a wedge-shaped instrument on a clay tablet?
a)
Cuneiform
b)
Stylus
c)
Keystone
d)
Ziggurat
75.
What developed as a result of a surplus production of goods?
a)
New religious sects
b)
Extensive trade networks
c)
Nomadic communities
d)
Constant warfare
76.
What new invention aided in the use of carts and wagons?
a)
Wheel
b)
Ax
c)
Plow
d)
Tools
77.

The basic unit of government in Mesopotamia was the

a)

land owned by an individual.

b)

village.

c)

county.

d)

city state.

78.

Punishments under the Code of Hammurabi

a)

were more harsh for people of lower social classes.

b)

stressed reform rather than retribution for crimes.

c)

did not cover domestic/family concerns.

d)

did not apply to the upper class.

79.

Hammurabi was a __________________ king.

a)

Akkadian

b)

Babylonian

c)

Assyrian

d)

Neo-Babylonian

80.

Which two rivers is Babylonia located between?

a)

Nile and Amazon

b)

Tigris and Euphrates

c)

Mississippi and Missouri

d)

Thames and Rio Grande

81.

What civilization had astronomers to study the heavens?

a)

Egyptians

b)

Assyrians

c)

Indians

d)

Babylonians

82.

What did Hittites make their weapons out of?

a)

Silver

b)

Iron

c)

Bronze

d)

Orichalcum

83.

King Nebuchadnezzar was the leader of which group

a)

Chaldeans

b)

Babylonians

c)

Hittites

d)

Persians

84.

Which Empire had the capital city of Nineveh?

a)

Akkadians

b)

Hyksos

c)

Assyrians

d)

Persians

85.

Which Leader rebuilt the city of Babylon and made it his capital

a)

Nebuchadnezzar

b)

Darius

c)

Sargon

d)

Thutmose II

86.

Which law code was the first written law code, had 282 laws, and was known as harsh " eye for an eye"

a)

10 Commandments

b)

Code of Hammurabi

c)

Mosaic Law

d)

Hittite Law

87.

What was an advantage that iron weapons had over enemy armies'?

a)

They were stronger and didn't break as easily

b)

They could be sold for more money

c)

They allowed them to cut the ropes tied to captured soldiers

d)

They allowed them to make quicker sacrifices to their gods

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