Chapter 2 Quizzes Flashcards
In order to trade goods, a(n) _____ travels between cities
Caravan
When many territories and people are controlled by one government, that government is called a(n) ____.
Empire
Cotton cloth and spices were sold in the _____
Bazaar
The greatest king of the Chaldeans was ________
Nebuchadnezzar 2
The capital of an empire that stretched from present-day Turkey to the Persian Gulf was _____
Babylon
Which of these was a military innovation of the Assyrians?
a. Cannon
b. battering ram
c. Spear
d. explosives
b. Battering Ram
Why was Babylon a natural crossroads of trade?
a. It was located near Akkad and the cities of Sumer
b. It was the capital of the empire
c. It was located on the Tigris
d. It had a high elevation
a. It was located between Akkad and the cities of Sumer
Who United Sumer’s city-states into one large empire?
a. Gilgamesh
b. the King of Urartu
c. Sargon 2
d. Hammurabi
d. Hammurabi
Which city was famous for its library that had thousands of clay tablets?
a. Urartu
b. Babylon
c. Mari
d. Nineveh
d. Nineveh
Which group made important contributions to astronomy?
a. Medes
b. Assyrians
c. Chaldeans
d. Babylonians
c. Chaldeans
Belief in many gods
Polytheism
Professional writer
Scribes
Between the rivers
Mesopotamia
Story explaining people’s beliefs
Myth
Area good for agriculture
Fertile Crescent
What attracted people to the Fertile Crescent?
Rich soil
Why were Sumerian city-states independent of one another?
Travel between them was difficult
A Sumerian ziggurat was made of terraces, one on top of the other because:
Sumerians believed the Gods could descend to the Earth using it
What was the main cause of wars between the Sumerian city-states?
Disputes over land and water rights
Why were scribes important people in Sumer?
They kept records for the Kings and priests
King Hammurabi set down rules for everyone in his empire to follow
True
Hammurabi’s laws were called a code because they were written in a secret language
False
Cuneiform was used only in writing government documents
False
Under Hammurabi, all people were equal before the law
False
Cuneiform consists of symbols that can express ideas as well as the names of objects, people, or places
True
What kind of material did Babylonian scribes use for writing?
Clay
The oldest known writing is in:
Cuneiform script
Under Hammurabi’s code, laws covered
The adoption of children
When a person broke a law under Hammurabi’s code, his or her punishment depended on
The social class of the victim
