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Ancient Middle East. Test Review. 1. Belief in many gods. a) Polytheism b) Monotheism c) Polygamy d) Monogamy. 2) This Semetic language speaking group invaded and settled the area that became Babylon. a) Philistines b) Amorites. c) Midianites d) Malachites. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Ancient Middle East
Test Review
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1. Belief in many gods
• a) Polytheism b) Monotheism• c) Polygamy d) Monogamy
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2) This Semetic language speaking group invaded and settled the area
that became Babylon.• a) Philistines• b) Amorites
• c) Midianites • d) Malachites
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3) What term is used to describe the shift of early man from a
hunter/gatherer lifestyle to systematic agriculture?
• a) Systematic agriculture
• b) Neolithic revolution
• c) paleolithic revolution • d) the stone age
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4) The writing system of the Sumerians, the first ever, was
called what?
• a) Heiroglyphics • b) Cuneiform
• c) Heiratic • d) Papyrus
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5) Many animals were considered sacred by the ancient Egyptians,
especially these, associated with the goddess Bast
• a) Wolves • b) Adders
• c) Birds • d) Cats
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6) This most famous of Babylonian rulers created the first written code of laws
that included ideas such as "an eye for an eye," and "let the buyer
beware."
• a) Sargon • b) Khufu
• c) Cyrus the Great • d) Hammurabi
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7) The change toward systematic agriculture falls under which of the
five themes of geography?
• a) Movement • b) Location
• c) Human/Environment interaction
• d) Region
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8) The first example of written literature, it is the story of a
babylonian King who faces many challenges.
• a) The Illiad • b) The Odyssey
• c) The Epic of Gilgamesh d) The Aenied
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9) What does Mesopotamia mean?
• a) Land between the rivers
• b) Fertile crescent
• c) Land of God • d) Land of Plenty
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10) A society in which men have the power is called...
• a) Matriarchal • b) Patriarchal
• c) Justified • d) Midianite
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11) Semetic language speakers who settled in the northern Tigris
valley around 3000 BCE• a) Assyrians • b) Babylonians
• c) Israelites • d) Sumerians
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12) which is not one of the ways in which humans interact with their
environment?
• a) Destroy • b) Adapt
• c) Modify • d) Depend
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13) Open horse-drawn carriages used in Warfare by many ancient civilizations
but associated primarily with the Assyrians.
• a) Wagon • b) coach
• c) fiacre • d) chariot
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14) Assyrians were known for their ____________ in battle
• a) Mercy • b) Prowess
• c) Brutality • d) Armor
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15) The fundamental base for the Egyptian economy was...
• a) Industry • b) Agriculture
• c) trade • d) slavery
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16) The only Empire of Mesopotamia that submitted to a queen
• a) Babylon • b) Assyria
• c) Persia • d) Sumer
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17) This empire developed a sophisticated and effective military that included a Corps of Engineers
• a) Persians • b) Babylonians
• c) Assyrians • d) Sumerians
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18) What is the Jewish name for God
• a) Megiddo • b) Ma'at
• c) Allah • d) Yahweh
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19) What is the name for the Egyptian concept truth, balance, order, law, morality, and justice.
• a) Megiddo • b) Cronos
• c) ma'at • d) Yathrib
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20) Which civilization was the first to develop city-states
• a) Babylon • b) Sumer
• c) Assyria • d) Greece
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21) Which Homonid emerged after Neanderthals (Homo Neanderthalensis)?
• a) Cro-Magnon man • b) Homo Sapiens
Sapiens
• c) Homo Heidelbergensis
• d) Homo Erectus
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22) which was NOT a reason for the stability of ancient Egypt?
• a) Militaristic society • b) Strong leadership
• c) Freedom from invasion
• d) intellectual and cultural activities
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23) The longest river in the world, this river was a central aspect of
life in ancient Egypt.
• a) Tigris • b) Euphrates
• c) Nile • d) Niger
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24) which is not a division of Egyptian political history?
• a) Ancient Kingdom • b) Old Kingdom
• c) Middle Kingdom • d) New Kingdom
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25) This is the name of high, mountain like temples built by the
ancient Sumerians
• a) Pyramids • b) Mosques
• c) Synagogues • d) Ziggurats
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26) The archaic period is marked by what event?
• a) The building of the Great Pyramid
• b) The unification of Egypt under the first Pharaoh
• c) The Hyksos invasion • d) The Exodus of the
Israelites
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27) This "great" ruler was known for his mercy.
• a) Darius • b) Cyrus
• c) Solomon • d) Sargon
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28) Which civilization was not located in Mesopotamia?
• a) Babylon • b) Sumer
• c) Assyria • d) Greece
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29) A type of region that is based entirely on what people think is a...
• a) Formal region • b) functional region
• c) official region • d) perceptual region
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30) Israel eventually divided, the north remained Israel, while the south became known as what?
• a) Yeshua • b) Judah
• c) Nineveh • d) Babylon
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31) A society in which women have the power is called...
• a) Patriarchal • b) Matriarchal
• c) Justified • d) Midianite
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32) The Persians were eventually conquered by whom?
• a) Sargon of Akkad• b) Julius Caesar
• c) Augustus Caesar • d) Alexander the Great
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33) What leader eventually conquered the Sumerians?
• a) Sargon of Akkad • b) Alexander the Great
• c) Hammurabi • d) Cyrus the Great
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34) Belief in one God
• a) Polytheism • b) Monotheism
• c) Polygamy • d) Monogamy
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35) The Capital city of the Assyrian Empire.
• a) Nineveh • b) Babylon
• c) Ur • d) Jerusalem
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36) Egyptian god, associated with the Nile
• a) Amon • b) Ra
• c) Isis • d) Osiris
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37) These Egyptians God-Kings were at the top of the socio-political pyramid.
• a) Emperor • b) Pharaoh
• c) Consul • d) Czar
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38) The language of the Persians, it was also the language spoken by
Christ and early Christians.
• a) Aramaic • b) Hebrew
• c) Greek • d) Latin
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39) This process of preserving the dead was common among the
wealthy of ancient Egypt• a) Embalming • b) Cremation
• c) Mummification • d) sarcophogus
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40) this reed was used to make paper by the Egyptians
• a) Papyrus • b) Bamboo
• c) Cattail • d) cotton
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41) Branch of Mathematics concerning the calculation of volume
and area, advanced heavily by the Egyptians.
• a) Geometry • b) Calculus
• c) Algebra • d) Trigonometry
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42) King of Israel who expanded the government, trade, and army
of the Israelites.• a) Saul • b) David
• c) Solomon • d) Cyrus
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43) The first written law of the Israelites was known as what?
• a) The Hammurabic code
• b) The Ten Commandments
• c) The Rosetta Stone • d) The Burning Bush
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44) This empire was known to allow subjugated peoples to retain their own
identity.
• a) The Assyrians • b) The Persians
• c) The Israelites • d) The Babylonians
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45) The Persian Road system that stretched all over the empire was
known as...• a) The silk road • b) the Persian road
• c) the royal road • d) the empirial road
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46) This word means to train plants and animals to be useful to humans.
• a) Human/Environment interaction
• b) Systematic agriculture
• c) Neolithic revolution • d) Domestication
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47) Persian Kings eventually lost favor with their people by doing what?
• a) Invading more territory
• b) Raising taxes
• c) Making military service mandatory
• d) allowing outside rule
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48) Hieroglyphics means...
• a) religious writings • b) Sacred Writings
• c) Beautiful Writings • d) important writings
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49) Which is NOT one of the five themes of Geography?
• a) Human/environment interaction
• b) culture
• c) movement • d) place
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50) Combined god of the Egyptians that represented the sun
• a) Amon-Ra • b) Osiris
• c) Isis • d) Sekmet
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