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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT WORLD HISTORY CH 2
EXAM QUESTIONS
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Question 1: A system for ranking groups
Answer:
hierarchy
Question 2: Phoenicians set up ______ around the Mediterranean to promote trade
Answer:
colonies Question 3: How did Darius create economic links among the people of the Persian empire?
Answer:
He set up a single coinage
Question 4: vizier
Answer:
A CHIEF MINISTER
Question 5: The upper class in Sumerian society was made up of:
Answer:
the ruling family, leading officials, and high priests
Question 6: bureaucracy
Answer:
A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT THAT INCLUDES DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS AND LEVELS OF
AUTHORITY
Question 7: A key to developments in Mesopotamia was:
Answer:
control of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers
Question 8: Egypt's empire expanded the farthest during the reign of
Answer:
Thutmose III Question 9: During Egypt's Old Kingdom, pyramids were built to:
Answer:
provide everything a pharaoh needed in the afterlife
Question 10: The earliest known system of writing
Answer:
cuneiform
Question 11: The world's first empire was created by ______
Answer:
Sargon Question 12: Hammurabi's Code addressed both:
Answer:
civil and criminal law
Question 13: During Egypt's Middle Kingdom:
Answer:
foreign invaders occupied Egypt Question 14: A Persian religion developed by _____ focused on the battle between good and evil
Answer:
Zoroaster
Question 15: In general, Persian rulers
Answer:
showed tolerance toward conquered peoples Question 16: Sumerian cities became rich due to:
Answer:
trade
Question 17: Where did Egyptian civilization develop?
Answer:
along the banks of the Nile River Question 18: The ruler who wanted to make sure everyone in his kingdom knew the laws was
______
Answer:
Hammurabi
Question 19: A large, stepped platform for religious ceremonies
Answer:
ziggurat
Question 20: Sumerian scribes wrote wedge-shaped marks on
Answer:
clay tablets
Question 21: A region named for its rich soils and wheat fields
Answer:
Fertile Crescent
Question 22: The world's first civilization
Answer:
Sumer Question 23: Which "carriers of civilization" developed an alphabet and a trading network?
Answer:
Phoenicians
Question 24: delta
Answer:
A TRIANGULAR AREA OF MARSHLAND AT THE MOUTH OF A RIVER
Question 25: The Hittites' major accomplishment was
Answer:
developing the technology for making iron
Question 26: Cataract
Answer:
WATERFALL
Question 27: One of Sumer's greatest achievements was:
Answer:
the development of mathematics and astronomy