G6 Ch 2 Lesson 1&2 Quiz

Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Where did the first civilizations arise because of farming conditions?

• in the mountains

• in river valleys

• near the sea

• in the desert

Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. A Sumerian temple to honor their chief God was called a

• scribe

• cradle

• Gilgamesh

• ziggurat

Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. Although most Sumerians were farmers, many made metal, cloth, and pottery because they were skilled

• artisans

• merchants

• slaves

• priests

Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. The few Sumerians who learned how to write often held high positions in society as what?

• artisans

• scribes

• heads of households

• merchants

Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. The calendar developed by the Sumerians was based on

• the number 60

• the cycles of the moon

• the Roman calendar

• the geometry of the wheel

What did the Hittites teach the Assyrians that helped make their army stronger?

• how to use more advanced weapons such as catapults and battering rams

• how to fight while riding horses

• how to use stronger metals such as iron for weaponry

• how to make chariots

Which part of Babylon was known as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?

• Hanging Gardens

• king's palace

• wall around the city

• irrigation system

Babylon became rich from trade because it was located on a major trade rout between the Mediterranean Sea and the

• Red Sea

• Euphrates River

• Tigris River

• Persian Gulf

In 612 B.C.E., the Chaldeans defeated whom?

• Akkad

• Assyria

• Hammurabi

• Nebuchadnezzar

Which mountain people captured Babylon in 539 B.C.E.?

• Hittites

• Persians

• Chaldeans

• Assyrian