FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CIVILIZATION EXAM

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT CIVILIZATION EXAM

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-Guarantee passing score -59 Questions and Answers -format set of multiple-choice -Expert-Verified Explanation Question 1: According to some historians, what is the Sumerians greatest architectural achievement?

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the arch Question 2: What is the major flaw in the Sumerian system of canals that flowed through many different cities?

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Cities located upriver could block the water flow for cities downriver.

Question 3: Water is to reservoir as money is to

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bank.

Question 4: How did the Akkadians change Sumer?

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hey conquered the independent city-states and united them

Question 5: The earliest settlements in Mesopotamia were like small, independent countries.They are called?

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city-states.

Question 6: The job of a scribe was to

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write

Question 7: How was Nebuchadrezzar influenced by Hammurabi?

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Nebuchadrezzar worked hard to restore the splendor of Babylon under Hammurabi Question 8: The main reason ziggurats were important in Sumerian civilization because

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they were expressions of religious belief

Question 9: Unlike in most ancient societies, Babylonian women could

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own property

Question 10: Sargon built the Akkadian Empire by using his

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military skills Question 11: Who conquered Babylon and brought the Neo-Babylonian Empire to an end?

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the Persians

Question 12: Why did farmers clean canals regularly?

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A clogged canal could spoil the entire system

Question 13: A system of government is one characteristic of

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civilization Question 14: A large territory where groups of people are ruled by a single leader or government is called an

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empire

Question 15: What was the key to successful farming in Sumer?

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controlling the water supply

Question 16: Which is the proper sequence of empires that ruled Mesopotamia?

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Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian

Question 17: When farmers cleaned the canals, they were working for

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he common good.

Question 18: What new weapon did the Assyrians develop for warfare?

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battering ram

Question 19: What did the Akkadian and Sumerian cultures share?

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They worshiped the same gods and goddesses Question 20: Suppose you are a Sumerian farmer, and you don't like having to clean out canals.What might happen if you refused to help?

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The system could clog up and ruin everyone's crops.

Question 21: Culture is a characteristic of civilization that includes

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beliefs and behaviors of a society or a group of people,creative forms of expression

Question 22: How did the Sumerian city walls relate to the environment?

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The walls were made of bricks using local mud

Question 23: What did Sargon use to build up his capital city?

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tributes collected from the people he conquered

Question 24: Where was the ancient land known as Mesopotamia?

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Where was the ancient land known as Mesopotamia?Question 25: What was the major disadvantage to the rapid population growth in the foothills?

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food shortages

Question 26: Why was Hammurabi's code an important achievement?

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It was the first set of laws to apply to everyone.Question 27: The remains of different types and sizes of houses in Sumerian cities showed that

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Sumerians had a social structure Question 28: One thing the Sumerians invented to help them establish a stable food supply was

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the plow