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29 Cards in this Set
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Which of the following is a
primary source of history? your textbook Hammurabi's Code Wikipedia Howard Carter |
Hammurabi's Code
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The center of ancient Mesopotamia
was in modern day ___. |
Iraq
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The center of ancient Judea
was in modern day ___. |
Israel
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The ancient Egyptian writing
system was called ___. |
hieroglyphics
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The ancient Mesopotamian
writing system was called ___. |
cuneiform
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Which ancient civilization built
temple-pyramids called ziggurats? |
Mesopotamia (Sumerian)
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Which ancient civilization
wrote on papyrus? |
Egypt
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Which ancient civilization built
pyramids as tombs for their kings? |
Egypt
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The great pyramid of the Giza
plateau was built for the pharaoh ___. |
Khufu (Cheops)
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The civilization that produced
the first writing system to use symbols to represent simple sounds were the ___. |
Phoenicians
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Their religion, known today as Judaism,
continues as a world religion and influenced the development of Christianity and Islam. Who were they? |
Hebrews or
Israelites |
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The geographic feature that protected
ancient Egypt from being invaded from the West was ___. |
the Sahara Desert
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Which of these was NOT a
city of ancient Mesopotamia? Uruk Harappa Ur Babyon |
Harappa
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When the government of a city
or state is ruled by the religious authority (priest-king) it is called a ____. |
theocracy
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Which of these was NOT a state
or empire of Mesopotamia? Thebes Sumeria Akkad Assyria |
Thebes
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The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
flow into the ____ _____. |
Persian Gulf
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King Nebuchadnezzar built the
____ / it was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world |
Hanging Gardens
of Babylon |
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It arced from the eastern shore of
the Mediterranean all the way to the Persian Gulf / this area was the first cradle of civilization |
Fertile Crescent
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What building material were
Ziggurats built from? |
mud or clay bricks
-oven or sum baked -some coated with tar |
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As with most early civilizations,
the Sumerian economy was based on ____. |
agriculture
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The Akkadian king who built the
world's first "empire" was ___. |
Sargon
(2340 BC) |
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The oldest know set of written
laws are known as _____. |
Hammurabi's Code
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The first civilization to use coins
were the ___. |
Lydians
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The first civilization to develop
the wheel were the ___. |
Sumerians
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The first to develop a lasting
monotheistic religion were the ___. |
Hebrews or
Israelites |
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The character called Utnapishtim,
from Gilgamesh, was given ___ after the great flood came to an end. |
immortality
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Who was Enkidu
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friend or companion
to Gilgamesh |
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What two rivers come together
to form the Nile River? |
White Nile
Blue Nile |
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The capital city of ancient Egypt
was ___. |
Memphis
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