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WorksheetsUnit 1 Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Mesopotamia means the land between two rivers. Name the two rivers.
The Nile and the Amazon
The Tigris and the Euphrates
The Red and the Colorado
The Pol and the Persian.
Who is featured here atop the stele of laws that they enacted?
Nebuchanezzer and Gilgamesh
Sumer and Ahkadian
Hammurabi and Shamash
Cuneiform and Hieroglyphs.
Which of the following is NOT true of Hammurabi's laws?
It covered many aspects of Babylonian life, not just crimes.
It was used by many later civilizations as a model
The laws are written in stone called stele.
It treated all people the same under the law.
What is the name of the large religious buildings built during this time? (usually the largest structure in the area)
Pyramid
Ziggurat
Obelisk
Post and Lintel construction
Building dams, channels, canals, and ditches to bring water to crops is also known as
irrigation
architecture
fishing
cuneiform
The Sumerian writing system was called
Ziggurat
Stele
Heiroglyphs
Cuneiform
Most city-states of Mesopotamia used ________ as their primary building material.
Concrete
Wood
Metal
Mud Brick
The Phoenicians writing system was different from cuneiform because it
was typed out in every language in every country
was a secret mystery known only to the Mesopotamians
was an alphabet that instructed it's users to pronounce certain syllables
there was no difference between the two
The Hebrew patriarch with whom God made a covenant was named -
Gabriel
Abraham
Joshua
Shamash
The ____________________ are thought to be the first "true" empire. This group succeeded using iron weapons and a dominant military.
Akkadian
Babylonian
Phoenician
Assyrian
As well as their alphabet, the Phoenicians were renowned for their -
ability to trace the stars and constellations
ability to navigate the sea and build ships
ability to grow wheat crops
ability to build walls of stone
This large empire in the Mesopotamian region was the largest empire to exist at its time and was known for being somewhat benevolent for their time.
Assyrians
Persians
Phoenicians
Aryans
Monotheism --> _____________:
Polytheism --> ________________
One god
Many gods
Many gods
One god
No god
Many gods
What job had the largest population by far in Mesopotamia?
Priests
Farming
Shipbuilding
Military
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Mediterranean Sea
South China Sea
