1. Unit 2 Test Review 2015

2. The following is the definition for what word?  The belief in many gods

3. polytheism

4. The following is the definition for what word?  A person who knew how to read and write in Mesopotamia

5. scribe

6. The following is the definition for what word? A method of controlling the amount of water to crops using canals and levees

7. irrigation

8. The following is the definition for what word?  A large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader or government

9. empire

10. The following is the definition for what word?  Writing that uses wedge- shaped characters; the first writing system ever invented

11. cuneiform

12. The following is the definition for what word?  A wall of earth built to prevent a river from flooding its banks

13. levee

14. The following is the definition for what word?  A characteristic of civilization that includes the beliefs and behaviors of a society or a group of people

15. culture

16. The following is the definition for what word?  An ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top; used to worship the many gods

17. ziggurat

18. The following is the definition for what word?  An early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government

19. City-state

20. The following is the definition for what word?  Fine particles of rock

21. silt

22. The following is the definition for what word?  The way a region or country uses resources to produce and sell or trade goods and services to meet people's needs and wants

23. economy

24. Why did the people of Sumer construct walls around the city?

25.  To protect themselves in the event of an attack

26. Today, the area of Mesopotamia is called?

27.  Iraq

28. What is another name for the area of Mesopotamia (Not a modern name)

29.  The Fertile Crescent

30. What is the name of the first civilization in Mesopotamia?

31.  Sumer

32. Where do all rivers begin?

33.  In the mountains

34. Who wrote the oldest laws that archaeologists have a copy of?

35.  Hammurabi

36. What are the names of the 2 rivers in Mesopotamia?

37.  The Tigris River and Euphrates River

38. Why did people in Mesopotamia build levees?

39.  To prevent the rivers from flooding their crops

40. What did the Mesopotamians invent that made farming successful?

41.  The plow and irrigation

42. What did silt do to the irrigation canals?

43.  It clogged the canals preventing water from getting to the crops

44. What happened every year to cause the rivers to flood?

45.  Rain and melted snow flowed down the mountains into the rivers

46. Why was Sumer a civilization and not an empire?

47.  It consisted of many individual city-states, each with its own king.

48. Name 4 military techniques the Assyrians used to conquer cities.

49.  1. battering ram  2. horse-drawn chariots  3. siege warfare – attacking over and over, until surrender  4. built movable towers  5. iron weapons

50. Which leader created the Hanging Gardens of Babylon?

51.  Nebuchadrezzar

52. Which group of people in Mesopotamia were known as “blood-thirsty warriors”?

53.  The Assyrians