T2 L1-4 Review Quiz

1. What city became the center of Hammurabi's Mesopotamian empire?

• Babylon
• Lagash
• Ur
• Umma

2. What did Sumerian sculptors create that was different from earlier sculptures?

• iron pieces
• realistic statues of humans
• hanging gardens
• Assyrian-style statues

3. How did the Phoenicians’ willingness to travel far for trade eventually lead to the spread of their civilization?

4. The Phoenician alphabet was based on...

• syllables
• words
• vowels
• sounds

5. Which of the following correctly describe the Epic of Gilgamesh? Choose the TWO correct answers.

• It was an important legal code written by Sumerian king, Gilgamesh
• It was written in cuneiform
• It is a myth, telling the story of a legendary hero named Gilgamesh
• It was written by Sumerian priests

6. The official religion of the Persian Empire was Zoroastrianism, whose main belief is...

• people may worship many gods.
• the universe is in a struggle between good and evil
• meditation is the path to enlightenment
• leaders should be buried in huge structures called pyramids

7. What led to the conquest of Sumer?

• the unification of city-states
• the peace among city-states
• the fighting among city-states
• the wealth of city-states

8. Pick the vocabulary word: - a system of writing that uses triangular-shaped symbols to stand for words, ideas, or sounds

• ethics
• city-state
• currency
• cuneiform

9. Pick the vocabulary word: a good or service produced within a country and sold outside the country's borders

• export
• currency
• import
• empire

10. Pick the vocabulary word: - money that is used as a medium of exchange, usually bills or coins

• ethics
• prophet
• currency
• export