Question 1

What was cuneiform?

Accepted Answer

A) a pictorial script from which all writing derives. 
B) a written language corresponding to oral language. 
C) an alphabet. 
D) a script written in wedge-shaped characters. 
E) the written language of the Egyptians. 
A) a pictorial script from which all writing derives. 
B) a written language corresponding to oral language. 
C) an alphabet. 
D) a script written in wedge-shaped characters. 
E) the written language of the Egyptians.

Question 2

Describe the evolution of writing.

Accepted Answer

Answers would include use of t

Question 3

What term do historians use to refer to the early hunter gatherers of the Near and Middle East who switched to agriculture at the end of the last Ice Age?

Accepted Answer

A) Sumerians 
B) Amorites 
C) Natufians 
D) Assyrians 
E) Hittites 
A) Sumerians 
B) Amorites 
C) Natufians 
D) Assyrians 
E) Hittites

Question 4

Term for identification: Polytheism

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Polytheism is the religious belief in or

Question 5

Term for identification: Phonetic language

Accepted Answer

The term "phonetic language" refers to a

Question 6

Which one of the following is considered the main contribution of the Akkadian Empire?

Accepted Answer

A) Sumerian culture was spread throughout the Middle East. 
B) Cuneiform was developed. 
C) it outlasted other ancient empires. 
D) it first manufactured bronze. 
E) the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers were finally tamed. 
A) Sumerian culture was spread throughout the Middle East. 
B) Cuneiform was developed. 
C) it outlasted other ancient empires. 
D) it first manufactured bronze. 
E) the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers were finally tamed.

Question 7

Term for identification: Babylon

Accepted Answer

Babylon was an ancient city-state locate

Question 8

What was the most common classification of slave in Mesopotamia in ancient times?

Accepted Answer

A) criminals. 
B) debtors. 
C) women. 
D) children. 
E) Africans. 
A) criminals. 
B) debtors. 
C) women. 
D) children. 
E) Africans.

Question 9

Some of the original accomplishments that are credited to the early Mesopotamian civilizations include ____________________.

Accepted Answer

writing, monumental buildings,

Question 10

Smaller settlements grew into cities that were centers for ____________________, all of which was aided and recorded by early writing systems.

Accepted Answer

governmental power,

Question 11

What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a written code of law such as the one developed by Hammurabi?

Accepted Answer

Answer would include the usefulness of h

Question 12

The Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians were Semitic civilizations. What does Semitic refer to?

Accepted Answer

A) the Holocaust. 
B) a language family. 
C) a religion. 
D) a region in Southwest Asia. 
E) None of the options are correct. 
A) the Holocaust. 
B) a language family. 
C) a religion. 
D) a region in Southwest Asia. 
E) None of the options are correct.

Question 13

Term for identification: Amorites

Accepted Answer

The Amorites were an ancient Semitic-spe

Question 14

Describe the Sumerian decline in the larger context of Mesopotamia.

Accepted Answer

Answers should include a discu

Question 15

The best known and a biblical example of a ziggurat might be the ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The best known and a biblical example...

Question 16

Of the accomplishments listed below, which one did the Sumerians fail to achieve?

Accepted Answer

A) a solid social structure. 
B) a thriving economy. 
C) a rigid government with a clear law code. 
D) a unified political system over all of Mesopotamia. 
E) It achieved all of the options. 
A) a solid social structure. 
B) a thriving economy. 
C) a rigid government with a clear law code. 
D) a unified political system over all of Mesopotamia. 
E) It achieved all of the options.

Exam 2: Mesopotamia

What was cuneiform?

Describe the evolution of writing.

What term do historians use to refer to the early hunter gatherers of the Near and Middle East who switched to agriculture at the end of the last Ice Age?

Term for identification: Polytheism

Term for identification: Phonetic language

Which one of the following is considered the main contribution of the Akkadian Empire?

Term for identification: Babylon

What was the most common classification of slave in Mesopotamia in ancient times?

Some of the original accomplishments that are credited to the early Mesopotamian civilizations include ____________________.

Smaller settlements grew into cities that were centers for ____________________, all of which was aided and recorded by early writing systems.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of having a written code of law such as the one developed by Hammurabi?

The Akkadians, Babylonians, and Assyrians were Semitic civilizations. What does Semitic refer to?

Term for identification: Amorites

Describe the Sumerian decline in the larger context of Mesopotamia.

The best known and a biblical example of a ziggurat might be the ____________________.

Of the accomplishments listed below, which one did the Sumerians fail to achieve?

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