Early River Valleys 2 (Unit 2)

Dynastic rule is passed down from

• Mother to daughter
• Cousin to cousin
• father to son
• uncle to niece

Hammurabi's code was important because

• Lots of people went to jail
• People stopped committing crime
• Laws were written down
• Ended slavery

Writing was important because

• people could write to friends
• people could keep records
• people could write stories
• people could learn to read

Which action is most closely associated with the early Mesopotamian civilizations?

• building floating gardens to grow corn

• establishing representative democracies

• developing a writing system using cuneiform

• constructing Hindu temples

Cuneiform is...

• a system of government
• the world's first system of writing
• a type of poem or story
• a seal

The Phoenicians were the first people to create what?

• writing
• goverment
• alphabet
• cedar wood

The Phoenicians were from where?

• Mediterranean
• Babylon
• Media
• Phoenicia

The Phoenicians dominated _______ trade across the Mediterranean.

• land
• all
• sea
• air

Purple dye was made from?

• sea horse

• sea stars

• sea snail

• sea plants

I am the king who moved the capital to Jerusalem.

• Solomon
• Saul
• Moses
• David