Nomads worshipped Mesopotamian gods in huge ziggurats.
Nomads travel in small groups and have no permanent home.
Nomads are happy all of the time because they have reached self-actualization.
Nomads domesticate animals and farm crops.
Which statement about the Fertile Crescent is false?
The Fertile Crescent is shaped like a boomerang.
The Fertile Crescent is a rich food growing area in a part of the world where most of the land is too dry for farming.
The Fertile Crescent no longer exists.
The Fertile Crescent extends from the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf.
Parts of Mesopotamia have also been known as . . .
Sumeria
Babylonia
Assyria
Iraq
all of the other answers are correct
Mesopotamia is a Greek word that means . . .
abundant natural resources.
lands of great pottery.
Fertile Crescent.
a long time ago.
between the rivers.
The Tigris and Euphrates are (or were) . . .
city-states
mountains
gods
dictators
rivers.
Polytheism refers to . . .
land controlled by many civilizations over a long period of time.
a fertile land with many rivers.
a place with many city-states.
a marriage of one man and many wives.
the belief in many gods.
Which statement about the Sumerians is true?
The Sumerians learned that by planting seeds and plowing their land, they were able to grow crops.
The Sumerians learned to domesticate, or tame animals to help them plow their lands.
The Sumerians learned to use irrigation to grow more food.
The Sumerian invention of the wheel made it possible to pull heavy loads.
all of the other answers are correct.
The Sumerians worshipped their gods at these huge temples.
sarcophagi
pyramids
ziggurats
wats
tels
Cuneiform was . . .
the title of the leader of the Babylonians.
the temple where the Sumerians worshipped their gods.
a Mesopotamian city where Abraham lived about 4200 years ago.
a weapon used by the Assyrians.
the “wedge shaped” writing of the Sumerians.
This ancient poem was written in Mesopotamia more than four thousand years ago. It is among the earliest known works of literature.
The Iliad
The Vedas
The Upanishads
The Odyssey
Gilgamesh
Which statement is generally associated with Hammurabi’s Law?
“All men are created equal”
"From each according to his abilities to each according to his needs"
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"
“Always eat your vegetables.”
"An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth"
Which statement about the Assyrians is false?
The Assyrians were a fierce warrior kingdom who lived upstream from the Babylonians on the Tigris River.
The Assyrians built a military empire that lasted over three hundred years.
The Assyrians used iron weapons that were stronger than the bronze weapons used by other cultures of their time.
The Assyrians were led by Hammurabi and had a code of laws that every Assyrian had to follow.
The Assyrians used advanced military weapons such as chariots and battering rams to defeat other civilizations.
The Assyrians became rich by collecting payment for protection from less powerful civilizations. Which term best describes payment for protection?
polytheism
domestication
irrigation
self-actualization
tribute
This psychologist argued that people want to be successful and loving, but they have particular needs that must be met before they can act unselfishly.
Martin Luther King
B. F. Skinner
Sigmund Freud
Carl Jung
Abraham Maslow
True or False: A straight line on a map suggests a natural border.
True
False
True or False: Some people continue to live nomadic lifestyles in remote parts of the world to this day.
True
False
True or False: Almost every significant city is located near water.
True
False
True or False: Most people in the Western Hemisphere today are polytheistic.
True
False
no
True or False: Everyone in Babylon was treated equally under Hammurabi’s code.
True
False
F
no
In a pictographic writing system, each symbol represents a _____.
word
sound
In a phonetic writing system, each symbol represents a _____.
word
sound
Which writing system uses pictographic writing?
cuneiform
English
Would a heart symbol most likely be used in a phoenetic writing system or a pictographic writing system?