Ancient Mesopotamia

Which statement best explains how job specialization in ancient Mesopotamia helped support the Sumerian monarchy? (GLE 6.6.1)

• the Phoenician

• Increased food production made it possible for people to specialize in different tasks, which created different levels of wealth.

• People settled where crops could grow. The population grew. Villages and cities formed.

• Job specialization allowed the government to set up a large organization to manage its population and territory.

When did the first cities develop in Mesopotamia?

• between 3000 BC and 4000 BC

• to protect inhabitants of the city-state from attack

• to improve and expand trade

• a belief in many gods

Which early civilization spread the use of a simple alphabet as it traded with other peoples?

• a belief in many gods

• Increased food production made it possible for people to specialize in different tasks, which created different levels of wealth.

• the Phoenician

• to improve and expand trade

The religions of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Indus Valley were all based on ________. (GLE 6.2.3)

• between 3000 BC and 4000 BC

• the Phoenician

• to improve and expand trade

• a belief in many gods

Which idea from Hammurabi's Code describes the concept of "innocent until proven guilty"?

• forces of nature such as the sun and the sky

• A man who says another had done wrong must be able to show that what he says is true

• Increased food production made it possible for people to specialize in different tasks, which created different levels of wealth.

• Criminals are punished by the people they have wronged

Why did the Phoenicians establish dozens of colonies along the Mediterranean coast?

• the Phoenician

• between 3000 BC and 4000 BC

• to improve and expand trade

• Criminals are punished by the people they have wronged

What purpose did the wall around a city serve?

• between 3000 BC and 4000 BC

• Criminals are punished by the people they have wronged

• to improve and expand trade

• to protect inhabitants of the city-state from attack

Which statement best explains how social classes developed in ancient Mesopotamia? (GLE 6.6.1)

• Job specialization allowed the government to set up a large organization to manage its population and territory.

• Increased food production made it possible for people to specialize in different tasks, which created different levels of wealth.

• the Phoenician

• People settled where crops could grow. The population grew. Villages and cities formed.

Which sequence of events shows how Mesopotamia developed?

• Criminals are punished by the people they have wronged

• Increased food production made it possible for people to specialize in different tasks, which created different levels of wealth.

• Job specialization allowed the government to set up a large organization to manage its population and territory.

• People settled where crops could grow. The population grew. Villages and cities formed.

Which idea was an important part of the Code of Hammurabi? (GLE 6.1.3)

• to protect inhabitants of the city-state from attack

• Criminals are punished by the people they have wronged

• to improve and expand trade

• People settled where crops could grow. The population grew. Villages and cities formed.