Mesopotamia

Question 0

A religious and political power center of the city states

Answer 0

Ziggurat

Question 1

A government by divine authority

Answer 1

Theocracy

Question 2

A Sumerian innovation used for record keeping

Answer 2

Cuneiform

Question 3

A Sumerian innovation used to create finely crafted metalwork

Answer 3

Bronze

Question 4

Rich soil deposited by rivers during a flood

Answer 4

Silt

Question 5

The flooding if the Tigris and Euphrates and the ability to control the flooding were the main factors that led to civilization in Mesopotamia. True or False?

Answer 5

True

Question 6

What is the most important physical structure in a Sumerian city-state?

Answer 6

The temple.

Question 7

What was an impact of geography on Mesopotamia culture?

Answer 7

Buildings made of mud bricks

Question 8

What was the greatest new development made by Sumerians

Answer 8

Cuneiform

Question 9

The arc of rich soil between the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian gulf

Answer 9

Fertile Crescent

Question 10

A Neolithic farming village

Answer 10

Catalhuyuk

Question 11

A massive stepped tower

Answer 11

Ziggurat

Question 12

A king or queen

Answer 12

Monarch

Question 13

Period between writing was developed

Answer 13

Prehistory

Question 14

Sumerian writing system

Answer 14

Cuneiform

Question 15

Large city state in Mesopotamia

Answer 15

Uruk

Question 16

A skilled worker

Answer 16

Aricint

Question 17

An object made by humans that sheds light on the past

Answer 17

Artifact

Question 18

A site of the discovery of a 1.8 million year old hominid

Answer 18

Olduvai gorge

Question 19

Because trade brought new civilizations into contact with another….

Answer 19

The transfer of new technology often occurred

Question 20

The ability to acquire food on a regular basis meant that humans…

Answer 20

Could give up nomadic ways of life and begin to live in settled communities

Question 21

The study of human life and culture

Answer 21

Anthropology

Question 22

The main characteristic of civilization is

Answer 22

Art

Question 23

What did the Sumerians invent

Answer 23

The sundial

Question 24

How did people in the Fertile Crescent adapt to their environment?

Answer 24

By using irrigation and drainage

Question 25

Who was a babylon marriage decided by?

Answer 25

The girls father

Question 26

The term for a large political unit or state p, usually a single leader, controlling many peoples or territories

Answer 26

An empire

Question 27

Site of one of the worlds first libraries

Answer 27

Nineveh

Question 28

Persian route from Lydia to Susa

Answer 28

Royal road

Question 29

Site of the hanging gardens

Answer 29

Babylon

Question 30

Persian religious

Answer 30

Zoroastrianism

Question 31

King who extended the Persian empire to India

Answer 31

Darius

Question 32

The king of the Chaldeans who Rebuilt babylon was…

Answer 32

Nebuchadnezzer 2

Question 33

Cyrus aqua called the great because..

Answer 33

He showed wisdom and compassion

Question 34

Darius elite cavalry and infantry forces were known as the immortals because..

Answer 34

When her a soldier was killed, he was immediately replaced