Chap 2 QUIZ Flashcards
Why was Mesopotamia fertile?
Because it rained a lot there.
Because the land was created from a dried up body of water.
Because the rivers flooded over onto the lands.
Because the ground had water reserves.
Because the rivers flooded over onto the lands.
How were Mesopotamians able to expand their farmland?
By damming the rivers.
By creating an irrigation system with canals.
By inventing hoses.
By creating long necked watering cans.
By creating an irrigation system with canals.
In what way were the advances of Mesopotamia not advantageous for all?
Not everyone had access to public markets.
A hierarchical society was created where some people were left powerless.
There was not enough food to feed the entire population.
Some people were forced to leave Mesopotamia.
A hierarchical society was created where some people were left powerless.
How did Mesopotamia get its name?
It is Greek for between two rivers.
It is Greek for peninsula.
It is Greek for fertile crescent.
It is Greek for fertile land.
It is Greek for between two rivers.
Why did a merchant class arise in Mesopotamia?
Because people needed to buy food and other items they did not produce themselves.
Because merchants were honored in Mesopotamian religion.
Because kings decided there needed to be a merchant class.
Because foreign traders insisted on doing business with a merchant class.
Because people needed to buy food and other items they did not produce themselves.
What objects did Sumerians use to create signatures on clay?
Sharpened bone
Marble stylus
Wooden sticks
Cylinder seals
Small cylinder seals contained carvings that created a unique signature on wet clay.
What material was the Standard of Ur most likely made from?
Wood with inlaid mosaics
Marble and quartz
Gold and silver
Clay with inlaid mosaics
The standard was likely once a hollow wooden box decorated with beautiful mosaics.
Why did ziggurats have religious importance?
They were built as memorials to great religious figures.
They were built only at holy sites.
They were topped with a temple, meant to be the dwelling place of a deity.
They had commercial rather than religious importance.
They were topped with a temple, meant to be the dwelling place of a deity.
What was the ancient form of writing used by the Sumerians?
Greek
Cuneiform
Latin
Heiroglyphics
Cuneiform
What signifies hierarchical ranking in Sumerian statuettes?
Weight
Color
Height
Material
Height
Sumerians worshiped their gods in temples known as _____.
gidims
obelisks
pyramids
ziggurats
tabernacles
ziggurats
The rulers of Sumer, who were both sacred and secular, were known as _____.
laymen
shamans
vassals
priest-kings
viceroys
priest-kings
Which of the following was the most important god of the Sumerian pantheon?
Marduk
Enlil
An
Hera
Baal
Enlil
Sumer encompassed much of Mesopotamia, in an area which is known today as _____.
Italy and Carthage
Turkey and Russia
Spain and Portugal
The Netherlands
Iran and Iraq
Iran and Iraq
How was the Sumerian afterlife similar to Sumerian life?
It also focused on achieving higher levels of being.
It also had austerity and lacked pleasure.
It also focused on economic prosperity.
It also focused on service to the one true God.
It also focused on serving the gods.
It also focused on serving the gods.
When did the Bronze age collapse occur?
Around 1950 BCE
Around 900 BCE
Around 1600 BCE
Around 1200 BCE
Around 1200 BCE
The double gateway with corbeled arch pictured below is an example of which of the following?
Babylonian Architecture
Assyrian Architecture
Sumerian Architecture
Hittite Architecture
Hittite Architecture
Which of these was the first city state to attempt to rebuild the Sumerian empire?
The Hittites
The Assyrians
The Babylonians
The Mittani
The Babylonians
