Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

World History > Sunday, Monday > Flashcards

Sunday, Monday Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
AP® U.S. History flashcards European History 101 flashcards AP® European History flashcards AP® World History flashcards World History 102 flashcards U.S. History 102 flashcards World History 101 flashcards U.S. History 101 flashcards
1
Q

How many days are there in a week

A

7

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Where is Mesopotamia

A

in Asia

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

What two rivers did Mesopotamia lay between

A

The Tigris and the Euphrates

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

what was Babylon the capital of

A

It was capital of the babylonians

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

What was the capital of Assyrians

A

Nineveh

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

What was Mesopotamia made of

A

It was made of sun baked bricks

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

What was the greatest city on earth

A

Babylon was the greatest city on earth

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What was the second greatest city

A

It was Nineveh

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Who were in some respects ahead of the Egyptians

A

The Sumerians

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Where did the explorer who found the treasures take them

A

He took many of them to England in the British Museum

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Where and the other treasures

A

They are in the University of Pennsylvania and the Museum of Baghdad

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Who were the books made of papyrus unknown to

A

They were unknown to Mesopotamians

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

What does cuneiform mean

A

It means wedge shaped

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

What else did they find in the tombs

A

They found round seals and inscribed clay tablets

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

What were the tombs packed with

A

They were packed with dazzling golden headdresses and gold vessels for sacrifices

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What did king Hammurabi leave

A

He left the oldest law book in the world

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

What remains of babylon

A

One such mound standing in the desert

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Who were the most important tribes

A

The Sumerians, The Babylonians and The Assyrians

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

How was Mesopotamia different from Egypt

A

It was rarely ruled by one king

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

What did the Babylonians and the Assyrians worship

A

They worshiped the sun, the moon, and the stars

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

What was the name they gave to there belief in stars

A

The name was astrology

22
Q

What did mars mean

A

Mars meant war

23
Q

What did Venus mean

A

Venus meant love

24
Q

What was the name of the Babylons sun god

A

There sun god was named Baal

25
Q

How did there Kings look

A

They looked forbidding and have long black ringlets and rippling beards

26
Q

What was the name of there moon goddess

A

The name of their moon goddess was Ishtar or Astarte

27
Q

What did they think the earth was

A

They thought the earth was a flat disk

28
Q

What did they think the sky was

A

They thought the sky was hollow sphere cupped over the earth

29
Q

Who joined together on the Persian Golf?

A

Tigris and the Euphrates

30
Q

What are the hills?

A

ruined towns and great cities

31
Q

What were the bricked called to make temples and palaces

A

Sun baked Bricks

32
Q

living there has already learned how to shape bricks from clay and build houses and temples by 3100 BC.

A

Deep inside one largest of these mounds were found in the ruins of the city UR where the bible tells us Abraham was born.However the inscriptions were not in the hieroglyphs.

33
Q

What mound is standing in the desert?

A

The remains of babylon

34
Q

What was the greatest city on earth?

A

Babylon

35
Q

Where did every part of the world go to trade?

A

Babylon

36
Q

Where was Nineveh

A

upstream, at the foot of the mountains

37
Q

What was the 2nd greatest city on earth?

A

Nineveh

38
Q

What was the capital of the Babylonians

A

Babylon

39
Q

Nineveh was that of the _____

A

Assyrains

40
Q

Mesopotamia was ruled by how many kings?

A

1

41
Q

What did the babylonians and the sumerians build?

A

strange buildings

42
Q

What were the strange building called by the babyloians and the sumerians.

A

ziggurats

43
Q

What did they write on the tablets?

A

They boast about the kings and their deeds.
About Gilgamesh.
Merchants wrote their business deals, contracts, receipts, inventions.

44
Q

What do we know because they kept track of their trades?

A

That even before the Babylonians and Assyrians the ancient Sumerians were great traders.

45
Q

What was their merchants good at?

A

They could calculate with ease and plainly knew the difference between what was lawful and what was not.

46
Q

What does the planet Mars represent?

A

It represent war

47
Q

What planet does Venus represent?

A

It represents luv.

48
Q

What’s Babylon?

A

An ancent city known for it’s trading hub. People from all over the world came to trade here

49
Q

What’s Nineveh?

A

It’s the second most popular trading hub.

50
Q

Who owned Memsopotamia?

A

More than one person, split into tribes.

World History (5 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions