SS test

Question 1

What were the two most important rivers in Mesopotamia?

Answer 1

Tigris and Euphrates

Question 2

What did annual floods of the rivers bring to Mesopotamia?

Answer 2

It brought soil to the area spreading agriculture

Question 3

What led to population growth in the Fertile Cresent?

Answer 3

Because it was my fertile areas and had rivers and shaped like it

Question 4

What is a civilization?

Answer 4

an organized society within a specific area

Features of civilization are writing, formal education, art, architecture and gov’t.

Question 5

How did farmers control river flow?

Answer 5

They used irrigation and canals as a way to control river flow.

Irrigation supplied water to farmland from the rivers by taking water through canals and ditches to fields.

Question 6

What is a surplus?

Answer 6

an amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply over demand.

Question 7

What happened to societies as the number of farms decreased?

Answer 7

The fewer amount of farms led to less people needing to farm so they took on other roles and jobs.

Question 8

What is a city-state?

Answer 8

A city so big it is considered a state.

Question 9

Where was Gilgamesh from?

Answer 9

Uruk

Question 10

Who was the ruler of the Akkadian army?

Answer 10

Sargon

Question 11

What happened when Sargon conquered Mesopotamia?

Answer 11

He destroyed them

Question 12

What is polytheism?

Answer 12

The belief in multiple gods

Question 13

What is the division of society by rank or class called?

Answer 13

Social stratifraction

Question 14

What was the social structure of Sumerian society?

Answer 14

Hierarchical system

Question 15

What role did women generally have in Sumerian society?

Answer 15

scribes

Question 16

Who was education generally reserved for in the Sumerian society?

Answer 16

Men

Question 17

Who invented the world’s first writing system?

Answer 17

Sumerians

Question 18

what is Cuneiform?

Answer 18

Writing the Sumerians used

Question 19

What was one way to move up in social rank in Sumerian society?

Answer 19

To get money or become a scribe

Question 20

What is a ziggurat?

Answer 20

(in ancient Mesopotamia) a rectangular stepped tower, sometimes surmounted by a temple

Question 21

What group took control in Mesopotamia once Ur lost power?

Answer 21

Babylon

Question 22

Who was Hammurabi?

Answer 22

The King of Babylon

Question 23

What did Hammurabi create to maintain control of people in his empire?

Answer 23

The code of laws

Question 24

What new invention did the Hittites bring to Mesopotamia?

Answer 24

Iron, ors, plow

Question 25

What group conquered the Hittites?

Answer 25

Neo Assyrians

Question 26

What advantage did the Assyrians have over their enemies?

Answer 26

Developed iron weapons

Question 27

Who was the leader of the Chaldean empire?

Answer 27

Nebuchanezar

Question 28

What are the names of the three most important Phoenician city-states?

Answer 28

Tyre, Sidon, Byblos

Question 29

Where were the Phoenician city-states located?

Answer 29

Eastern Mediterranean

Question 30

Why were the Phoenicians able to become expert traders?

Answer 30

Because they had the expert sailing skills

Question 31

What are some of the goods that the Phoenicians traded?

Answer 31

Wood, glass, metal, ivory

Question 32

Who was the first leader of the Persian Empire and what made him different from other leaders.

Answer 32

Cyrus the Great won independence for Persia from the Medes. and he showed mercy by letting the people keep their own customs.

Question 33

What were the soldiers in the Persian army called and why?

Answer 33

Persian immortals; there were so many

Question 34

Who was the second leader of the Persian Empire and how was he different from the first?

Answer 34

David and he was different because he conquered more land.

Question 35

What were the governors of Persian city-states called?

Answer 35

satraps and they ruled the 20 provinces

Question 36

What is the name of the capital that Darius I built in Persia?

Answer 36

Persepolis

Question 37

What is Zoroastrianism?

Answer 37

An ancient religion: Two forces were fighting in the universe: a good force and an evil force. The Holy book is Avesta.

Question 38

What were two of Darius I's accomplishments?

Answer 38

1. Darius created a standardized currency 2. He encouraged trade and built many roads 3. He expanded the empire by conquering the entire Indus Valley

Question 39

Who won the Battle of Marathon and why?

Answer 39

The Greeks won the battle because they had better weapons and tactics.