Chapter 1

Question 1

Two rivers enable a Sumerian agriculture and its civilization, the Tigris and the

Answer 1

Euphrates

Question 2

Early agriculturists were mostly men

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Bronze appeared by

Answer 3

4000 BCE

Question 4

Stonemasons, weavers, warriors and engineers were all examples of Sumerian

Answer 4

Economic specialization

Question 5

Secular and religious power was represented by the two offices of _____ and ______ which emerged together

Answer 5

Kings and Priests

Question 6

Enlil was the ___

Answer 6

The sky God

Question 7

The myth of the _____ ______ represented a fear of real events for Sumerians

Answer 7

Great Flood

Question 8

Writing was a tightly held monopoly by professional scribes in Sumer

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Who overwhelmed the Sumerian city states in 2350?

Answer 9

Akkadians

Question 10

Sargon’s conquered territory was linked together by a form of ____

Answer 10

Empire(s)

Question 11

Sargon grew wealthy from combining Sumers agriculture with ____

Answer 11

Trade

Question 12

The Akkadian empire’s real significance lay in highlighting which regions connective function between Central Asia and the Mediterranean

Answer 12

Fertile Crescent

Question 13

The Nile Delta forms the region known as the Lower Egypt

Answer 13

True

Question 14

____ is credited with unifying the different states in Egypt

Answer 14

Menes

Question 15

The Egyptians may have acquired _____ from Sumer

Answer 15

Writing

Question 16

Nomes were

Answer 16

Regional Groupings

Question 17

The ancient Egyptian capital was

Answer 17

Memphis

Question 18

The Pharaoh was understood to be the

Answer 18

Horus

Question 19

The ____ -_____ myth was central to Egyptian culture for thousands of years until it was supplanted by Christianity in the early centuries CE

Answer 19

Isis- Osisris

Question 20

Religion in ancient Egypt had little to do with ____

Answer 20

True