Map and Mesopotamian Quiz

Question 1

what was Gilgamesh famous for

Answer 1

the epic of gilgamesh

Question 2

what makes a civilization a civilization

Answer 2

a form of writing, has to be very urban, needs laws and leadership, needs taxes and money

Question 3

what was mesopotamia’s “nick name”

Answer 3

the cradle of civilization

Question 4

mesopotamia was

Answer 4

the land between two rivers which were the Tigris and the Euphrates

Question 5

Fertile Crescent was called the Fertile Crescent because

Answer 5

It’s very fertile and was in the shape of a crescent

Question 6

Silt is

Answer 6

Water & Soil

Question 7

irrigation is

Answer 7

watering fields

Question 8

What is the Hydraulic Hypothesis

Answer 8

that if their is irrigation their must be a strong centralized government

Question 9

Gilgamesh was

Answer 9

the king Uruk

Question 10

what is anthropomorphism

Answer 10

having human emotions and acting like humans

Question 11

mesopotamian’s like or don[t like their gods & why

Answer 11

don’t like them because they blame them, but they have to be nice

Question 12

city states are

Answer 12

isolated, independent and have different cultures languages and traditions

Question 13

seal is a

Answer 13

clay bead

Question 14

a Sumerian temple is called a

Answer 14

ziggurat (the ziggurat was very important to the sumerians)

Question 15

what are cuneiforms

Answer 15

wedge shaped signs impressed on a clay tablet

Question 16

what are cuneiforms used for

Answer 16

records and lessons

Question 17

what are pictograms

Answer 17

simplified pictures to objects

Question 18

what are ideograms

Answer 18

pictures that represent ideas

Question 19

what are phonograms

Answer 19

pictures that represent sounds

Question 20

what are some impressive Sumerian inventions

Answer 20

wheel; potters wheel, clocks, weapons (made out of bronze)

makeup, jewelry, instruments (most of which we still use today)

Question 21

civilizations after Sumer

Answer 21

Akkad, Babylon, Assyria, Chaldea

Question 22

Sargon was the king of

Answer 22

Akkad

Question 23

what language did Sargon say everyone must speak

Answer 23

Akkadian

Question 24

How did Sargon unite the two civilizations peacefully to make an empire

Answer 24

through his daughters marriage

Question 25

Who was the Babylonian king

Answer 25

Hammurabi

Question 26

How many laws did Hammurabi create

Answer 26

282

Question 27

what do the Babylonians value

Answer 27

proof, the right price, women can’t handle money but can handle jobs, women are protected by the law, taking responsibility towards your actions, respect your elders

Question 28

is law = in Babylon

Answer 28

no it is only = amongst people of the same class

Question 29

Who was Ashurnapil

Answer 29

the Assyrian king

Question 30

who was the Chaldean king

Answer 30

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 31

Who did the Chaldeans conquer and who conquered them

Answer 31

they conquered Jerusalem and got conquered by the Persians

Question 32

what is a ziggurat

Answer 32

a political center

Question 33

what did the Chaldeans rebuild

Answer 33

Babylon and their hanging gardens

Question 34

why the Assyrians known as the “nazis of the ancient world”

Answer 34

because everyone feared them

Question 35

what’s propaganda

Answer 35

information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view

Question 36

the Assyrians are who they are because

Answer 36

they built a reputation