History Quiz ch2

Question 1

Location of the Garden of Eden

Answer 1

The fertile crescent

Question 2

What is the fertile crescent called?

Answer 2

“The Cradle of Civilization”

Question 3

How many cultures are in the Fertile Crescent?

Answer 3

10

Question 4

Two important rivers that flow through the Fertile Crescent

Answer 4

Tigris and Euphrates

Question 5

Greek name for the “land between the rivers”

Answer 5

Mesopotamia

Question 6

Biblical name for this area between the rivers

Answer 6

The Plain of Shinar

Question 7

Southernmost region of Mesopotamia

Answer 7

Sumer

Question 8

First postdiluvian civilization

Answer 8

Sumer

Question 9

Three oldest Sumerian settlements

Answer 9

Eridu, Uruk, & Ur

Question 10

Greatest contribution of sumerians

Answer 10

The art of writing

Question 11

Name of Sumerian writing

Answer 11

Cuneiform

Question 12

Sumerian Chronology

Answer 12

Early Dynastic Age
Old Akkadian Period
Third Dynasty of Ur

Question 13

time where creation and combining of Sumerian cities into one civilization

Answer 13

Early Dynastic Age

Question 14

time where Sargon of Akkad (history’s 2nd great empire builder) conquered the Sumerian cities and became their king

Answer 14

Old Akkadian Period

Question 15

Time When the worlds first law code was established

Answer 15

Third Dynasty of Ur

Question 16

Became king and led Ur to rule over the Sumerians

Answer 16

Ur Nammu

Question 17

Way of life of a group of people

Answer 17

Culture

Question 18

Transmitting knowledge and cultural heritage to the next generations

Answer 18

Education

Question 19

First to use formal education

Answer 19

Sumerians

Question 20

The “tablet house” (school) trained them in the art of cuneiform

Answer 20

Edubba

Question 21

Civilization Characteristics

Answer 21

Control of food supply
Division of Labor
Written Language
Codified Laws
Organized Civil Government
Arts and Sciences

Question 22

Most important sumerian industry in terms of commercial activity

Answer 22

Textiles (fabrics)

Question 23

Most famous accomplishment

Answer 23

building the ziggurat (architecture)

Question 24

What did the Sumerians develop for time, and what was it based on?

Answer 24

Lunar calendar; based on phases of the moon

Question 25

False belief that heavenly bodies influence human affairs and destinies

Answer 25

Astrology

Question 26

Spreading of cultural traits and patterns

Answer 26

Cultural diffusion

Question 27

What was each city’s government?

Answer 27

each city had a lugal(king) who represented the city’s god