Unit 2 Test Review

Question 1

What was Hammurabis Code? Why was it so important?

Answer 1

Hammurabis code was the first written record of laws in history. It was important because it kept order in Ancient Mesopotamia.

Question 2

The CHIEF MINISTER who supervised the business of the gov in Ancient Egypt.

Answer 2

Vizier

Question 3

A system of gov through departments and subdivisions by officials who follow a set of rules.

Answer 3

Bureaucracy

Question 4

A triangular shaped area of marshland formed by deposits of silt at the mouth of some rivers.

Answer 4

Delta

Question 5

He is known for his building programs and for the wars that he waged against the Hittites and Libyans.

Answer 5

Ramses II

Question 6

Writing system in which each symbol represents a single basic sound.

Answer 6

Alphabet

Question 7

A system of writing that used wedge-shaped marks in Ancient Mesopotamia.

Answer 7

Cuneiform

Question 8

The preservation of dead bodies by embalming and wrapping them in cloth.

Answer 8

Mummification

Question 9

He battled to regain Egyptian rule of Syria and Palestine, He created Egypts largest dynasty.

Answer 9

Thutmose III

Question 10

Region of the middle East in which civilizations arose.

Answer 10

Fertile Crescent

Question 11

An economic system in which one set of goods or services is exchanged for another.

Answer 11

Barter System

Question 12

A statue monument that was used to decipher the meaning of hieroglyphics.

Answer 12

Rosseta Stone

Question 13

He ruled the Akkadian Empire from around 2334 to 2279. He known for creating the first empire in Mesopotamia.

Answer 13

Sargon

Question 14

She served as ruler of Ancient Egypt alongside her husband, Thutmose III.

Answer 14

Hatshepsut

Question 15

Site of the world’s first civilization, located in Southern Mesopotamia.

Answer 15

Sumer

Question 16

He’s the Egyptian god of the afterlife and the Nile River.

Answer 16

Osiris

Question 17

He was the king of the Babylonian Empire from 605 to 562 BC. He is credited with the construction of the famous Hanging garden of Babylon.

Answer 17

Nebuchadnezzar

Question 18

An economic system in which one set of goods and services are paid for through a token of an agreed value.

Answer 18

Money System

Question 19

A large, stepped-platform thought to have been topped by a temple dedicated to a city-states chief, god, or goddess.

Answer 19

Ziggurat

Question 20

He was the first king of Babylonian empire. he is known for writing the first code of law in recorder history

Answer 20

Hammurabi

Question 21

Region within between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

Answer 21

Mesopotamia

Question 22

Plant used to make a paper-like writing material in Ancient Egypt.

Answer 22

Papyrus

Question 23

Mesopotamian narrative poem that was first recited in Sumer.

Answer 23

The Epic of Gilgamesh

Question 24

Egyptian system of writing in which pictures represents objects, concepts, or sounds.

Answer 24

Hieroglyphics

Question 25

He's considered the king of all the gods in Ancient Egypt.

Answer 25

Amon-Re

Question 26

System of ranking groups.

Answer 26

hierarchy

Question 27

Title of the rulers of Ancient Egypt.

Answer 27

Pharaoh

Question 28

What are the geographic locations of Ancient Mesopotamia?

Answer 28

Mesopotamia was ideal for farming, Was situated between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, annual flooding caused soil to become fertile.

Question 29

What are the geographic locations of Ancient Egypt?

Answer 29

Was situated along the fertile banks of the nile river, the niles annual flooding created fertile soil called "Black Land" the fertile soil resulted in abundant agriculture production.

Question 30

What is the geographic location of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers?

Answer 30

On both sides of Mesopotamia. Tigris is above Mesopotamia and the Euphrates is below.

Question 31

The geographic location of the nile river?

Answer 31

Located in Egypt.

Question 32

How did flooding in Egypt influence its civilization?

Answer 32

The flooding in Egypt created fertile soil, which resulted in abundant agriculture production.

Question 33

How did flooding in Mesopotamia influence its civilization?

Answer 33

The flooding created fertile soil which made the region ideal for farming.

Question 34

What were the religious beliefs in Ancient Mesopotamia?

Answer 34

Ancient Mesopotamia was polytheistic which meant they believed in many gods. Built Ziggurats for gods.

Question 35

What were the religious beliefs in Ancient Egypt?

Answer 35

Ancient Egypt was polytheistic and believed in many gods.

Question 36

What caused the decline of the new kingdom?

Answer 36

Happened from 1550 to 1077 BC. Declined from external threats and economic challenges.

Question 37

What caused the decline of the Middle Kingdom?

Answer 37

Happened from 2055 to 1650 BC. The Hyksos invasion caused the decline of the Middle Kingdom.

Question 38

What caused the decline of the old kingdom?

Answer 38

Happened from 2686 to 2181 BC. The old kingdom declined from food shortages and internal power struggles.

Question 39

What was Ancient Egypts civilizations like?

Answer 39

Had a form of writing called hieroglyphics, Most people were farmers, and they lived in houses made of mud bricks.