Mesopotamia Test Review

Sumer is important in world history because it was

• the world's first civilization.

• where human beings evolved.

• where the first fishing villages developed.

• the world's largest empire.

When Judaism began, how was it different from other religions in the ancient world?

• Judaism had sacred texts.

• Judaism did not instruct its followers about how to lead their daily lives.

• Judaism held that there was one God who set down laws about right and wrong.

• Judaism held that there was good and evil in the universe.

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

Read the excerpt from Hammurabi’s Code. “If a man has knocked out the eye of a patrician [aristocrat], his eye shall be knocked out. . . If he has knocked out the eye of a plebeian [commoner] . . . he shall pay one mina of silver. If he has knocked out the eye of a patrician’s servant . . . he shall pay half his value.” What does this quote illustrate about the nature of Hammurabi’s Code?

• The law’s punishments did not encourage social order.

• The law did not treat all members of society equally.

• The law did not address private matters, such as taxes.

• The law’s punishments encouraged social order.

What city became the center of Hammurabi’s Mesopotamian empire?

• Babylon

• Lagash

• Ur

• Umma

Which of the following statements correctly describe the Great Royal Road?

• It was constructed by Cyrus the Great.

• It spanned rivers on bridges that swung from cables.

• It kept people from communicating with one another.

• It allowed the Persians to create the fastest communication system of the ancient world.

The Phoenician alphabet was based on

• syllables.

• words.

• vowels.

• sounds.

The common set of values and beliefs shared by Judaism and Christianity is known as the

• Old Testament.

• Holy Bible.

• Covenant.

• Judeo-Christian tradition.

Look at the photograph.

• cylinder seals

• stone stelae

• ivory netsuke

• cuneiform printing

A system of writing used on clay tablets in Mesopotamia

• Alphabet

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics

• Sanskrit