Fertile Crescent and Mesopotamia

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A. god or goddess

C. culture

B. language.

D. symbol.

Each Mesopotamian city-state had its own …

A. god or goddess

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A. between cities to the south and north

C. near irrigation canals.

B. on the Nile River.

D. on the Mediterranean Sea.

Babylon was a crossroads of trade because of its

location

A. between cities to the south and north

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A. using ships to trade goods with other peoples.

C. conquering all the lands west of the

Persian Gulf.

B. telling tales of monsters that lived in the ocean.

D. controlling the supply of a valuable purple dye.

The Phoenicians helped spread civilization throughout the

Mediterranean area by

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A. using ships to trade goods with other peoples.

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A. the Epic of Gilgamesh

C. the Ten Commandments

B. the Ziggurat of Ur

D. Hammurabi’s Code

Which of the following was the first written set of laws?

D. Hammurabi’s Code

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A. Mesopotamia

C. Phoenicia

B. Assyria

D. Canaan

Where did writing first develop?

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C. Empire

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A. the Nile River made it a prosperous area.

C. the area was difficult to defend.

B. it was an important mining area.

D. the rivers there created very rich farmland.

Civilization developed in the Fertile Crescent because

D. the rivers there created

very rich farmland.

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A. they united under one government

C. they developed into separate city-states

B. they were frequently destroyed by floods.

D. they were ruled by one king and queen

Cities in Sumer remained politically independent

and…

C. they developed into separate city-states

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A. ruled by a powerful queen.

C. the site of a great library

B. located between cities to the south and north

D. surrounded by massive walls.

Babylon became an important center of trade

because it was…

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B. located between cities to the south and north

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A. build the city of Nineveh

C. conquer Mari

B. found the overland trade route to Asia

D. destroy the Assyrian Empire

In 612 B.C., the Medes and Chaldeans joined forces to

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D. destroy the Assyrian Empire

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A. it was part of the oral traditions of Babylonia

C. everyone in the ancient world followed it

B. for the first time, laws were written down

D. the laws applied equally to all citizens

Hammurabi’s Code was significant because…

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B. for the first time, laws were written

down

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A. hire scribes

C. learn to read and write.

B. teach cuneiform

D. learn cuneiform.

The Phoenician alphabet made it easier for people in the ancient

world to

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C. learn to read and write.

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A. the discovery of cuneiform

C. the founding of Tyre

B. the conquest of Egypt

D. the settlement of Canaan.

One of the major events in the history of the Israelites

was

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D. the settlement of Canaan.

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A. They worshipped one god.

C. They worshipped many gods.

B. They did not have a written Bible

D. They made purple dye from snails.

What were the Israelites known for that made them unique among

ancient peoples?

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A. They worshipped one god.

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A. The warlike Phoenicians

conquered their neighbors

C. Gold was discovered near the city of Tyre

B. Phoenicia controlled access to the cities of Sumer

D. Sold valuable wood and dyed cloth to neighboring peoples

Why did Phoenicia become a thriving and wealthy region?

D. Sold valuable wood and dyed

cloth to neighboring peoples

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A. the Nile and Tigris rivers.

C. the Nile and Euphrates rivers

B. the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

D. the Red Sea and the Tigris River.

Mesopotamia was located on land?

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B. the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.

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A. disease and slavery

C. art and architecture

B. religion, a system of

bureaucracy, and Babylonian science.

D. a system of writing

What did the Persians spread through conquest and trade?

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B. religion, a system of bureacracy, and Babylonian

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