Unit 1 Test - Lessons 4, 5, 6

Question 1

city-state

Answer 1

an early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government

Question 2

irrigation

Answer 2

a means of supplying land with water

Question 3

levee

Answer 3

a wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks

Question 4

Mesopotamia

Answer 4

in ancient times, the geographic area located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, means “land between two rivers”

Question 5

Sumer

Answer 5

an area in southern Mesopotamia, where cities first appeared

Question 6

artisan

Answer 6

a craftsperson

Question 7

civilization

Answer 7

a society marked by developed arts, sciences, government, and social structure

Question 8

cuneiform

Answer 8

writing that uses wedge-shaped characters

Question 9

merchant

Answer 9

a person who makes money by selling goods

Question 10

pictograph

Answer 10

a symbol that stands for an object

Question 11

stele

Answer 11

a clay tablet that was used to record important events or pictures

Question 12

scribe

Answer 12

a person who writes

Question 13

social structure

Answer 13

the way a civilization is organized

Question 14

ziggurat

Answer 14

an ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top

Question 15

code of laws

Answer 15

a collection of written laws and rules

Question 16

economy

Answer 16

the way a region or country uses resources to produce and sell or trade goods and services to meet people’s needs and wants

Question 17

empire

Answer 17

a large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader or government

Question 18

siege

Answer 18

a military blockade and attack on a city to force it to surrender

Question 19

Tigris River

Answer 19

a main river in Mesopotamia

Question 20

Euphrates River

Answer 20

a main river in Mesopotamia

Question 21

Sumerian irrigation

Answer 21

many Sumerian villages worked together to maintain irrigation

Question 22

stable food supply

Answer 22

meant that there was enough for the entire population

Question 23

commonly used inventions in Sumer

Answer 23

the wheel, the plow

Question 24

Hammurabi

Answer 24

the leader of the Babylonians, known for strict code of laws

Question 25

King Sargon

Answer 25

the leader of the Akkadians, known for strong military and large territory,

Question 26

King Nebchadnezzar

Answer 26

the leader of the Neo-Babylonians, known for being ruthless

Question 27

The Assyrians

Answer 27

known for being strict, harsh, and inventing war strategy

Question 28

The Babylonians

Answer 28

had a code of laws, women and slaves had rights, invented roads and the postal service

Question 29

The Neo-Babylonians

Answer 29

known for modern time inventions, the sundial and the Hanging Gardens, restored Babylon