Unit 2 - The Earliest Civilizations

Sumerian cities were called ___.

• Communities

• City-states

• Villages

• Units

Which city is believed to be the oldest city in the world?

• Umma

• Sumer

• Uruk

Religious beliefs of Mesopotamian cultures were influenced by ___.

• Geography

• Climate

• Animals

• Stars

A belief in more than one god is called ___.

• Monotheism

• Tritheism

• Duotheism

• Polytheism

What is a patriarchal society?

• Where men hold the most power

• Where women hold the most power

• Where the rich hold the most power

• Where power is equal across all groups

Many laws in Hammurabi’s Code were based off of ___.

• Power

• Justice

• Wealth

• Social class

What is the longest river in the world?

• The Sobat River

• The Nile River

• The Kagera River

• The Atbarah River

Who started the first Egyptian dynasty?

• Narmer

• Sargon the Great

• Hammurabi

• Mentuhotep II

What is cuneiform?

• A type of ancient weapon

• A wedge-shaped writing system

• A form of ancient currency

• A type of ancient architecture

What is a dynasty?

• A type of ancient building

• A series of rulers from the same family

• A form of ancient writing

• A type of ancient weapon