History Quizz

Question 1 With few precedents to guide them, the population of Mesopotamia change and createdAnswerSocial organizationWritingAgricultural cultivationDevelopment of religionCompetition amongst different groups 1 pointsQuestion 2 The earliest urban societies so farther k nowadaysn emerged in theAnswerFirst millennium B. C. EThird millennium B. C. ESixth millennium B. C. ESecond millennium B. C. EFourth millennium B. C. E 1 pointsQuestion 3 After 3000 B. C. E. all Sumerian cities were control by what form of government?AnswerMonarchyCouncils of elders DictatorsAssemblies of citizensMilitary governors 1 pointsQuestion 4 A Babylonian resurgence of power was led in the sixth century B. C. E. byAnswerNebuchadnezzarAshurbanipalSolomonSargonHammurabi 1 pointsQuestion 5 The creator of the showtime empire in Mesopotamia wasAnswerHammurabiMosesSargon of AkkadGilgameshNebuchadnezzar 1 pointsQuestion 6 Mesopotamian metalworkers discovered that if they alloyed copper and tin they could produc eAnswerObsidianSteelIronSilverBronze 1 pointsQuestion 7 The word Mesopotamia meansAnswerThe pure earthly concern. The land of the strong. the blood of Gilgamesh. wedge-shaped. the land surrounded by the rivers. 1 pointsQuestion 8 Iron metallurgy came to Mesopotamia from theAnswerHebraicsHittitesPhoeniciansEgyptiansAssyrians 1 pointsQuestion 9 Enkidu wasAnswerThe Sumerian god of wisdomA leading Sumerian city-stateThe most powerful Babylonian kingGilgameshs fri fireThe Hebrew word for holy. 1 pointsQuestion 10 Gilgamesh was associated with what city?AnswerJerusalemKishUrukLagashUr 1 pointsQuestion 11 horse-drawn chariots were first invented by theAnswerEgyptiansAssyriansHittitesBabyloniansHyksos 1 pointsQuestion 12 Eridu, Ur, Uruk, Lagash, Nippur, and Kish were all associated withAnswerEgyptNubiaPhoeniciaMesopotamiaJerusalem 1 pointsQuestion 13 The original homeland of the Indo-European speakers wasAnswerMesopotamiaNorthern GermanySouthern RussiaIndiaEgypt 1 pointsQuestion 14 A Me sopotamian stepped benefit was known as aAnswerCopticEriduLugalLex talionisZiggurat 1 pointsQuestion 15 The first mazy society was developed in the southern Mesopotamian land ofAnswerAkkadAssyriaSumerBabyloniaPalestine 1 pointsQuestion 16 The most influential ancient Indo-European migrants into southwest Asia were theAnswerAssyriansAryansHebrewsBabyloniansHittites 1 pointsQuestion 17 Which of the following languages is not of Indo-European origin?AnswerEgyptianSanskritOld PersianGreekLatin 1 pointsQuestion 18 The first simplified alphabet, containing only twenty-two letters, was created by theAnswerMesopotamiansAssyriansHebrewsPhoeniciansBabylonians 1 pointsQuestion 19 The Babylonians ultimately fell in 1595 B. C. E. to theAnswerEgyptiansHittitesSumeriansHebrewsAkkadians 1 pointsQuestion 20 Mesopotamia developed intoAnswerA strict senile societyA society where the sexes enjoyed relative equalityA predominantly matriarchal societyA society with few friendly distinctionsA society dominated by a growing mercantile essence class Miss oneQuestion 1 During the eighth century B. C. E. Egypt fell chthonic the control of the _______ for around a century.AnswerPersiansRomansGreeksBabyloniansKushites 1 pointsQuestion 2 Meroitic writingAnswerHas now been completely translatedExpressed the general Egyptian optimism with lifeWas introduced into India by the Indo-EuropeansWas a Nubian script that borrowed Egyptian hieroglyphsCannot be read because its simply too different than its base cuneal 1 pointsQuestion 3 roughly _______ B. C. E. , peoples of the eastern Sudan started to domesticate cattle and became fluid herders.Answer25,00018,000900040001500 1 pointsQuestion 4 In Africa, iron metallurgyAnswerWas introduced by Persian merchantsDid not appear until by and by the rise of trans-Saharan tradeArose independentlyBegan after an odd meeting between a Kushite king and the Egyptian explorer HarkhufWas imported into the continent by trade with the Mesopotamians 1 poi ntsQuestion 5 The most vigorous of all fresh Kingdom pharaohs was __________, who led his troops into Palestine and Syria and who evenreceived allowance from the Mesopotamian city-states.AnswerAhmosisMenesSargon of AkkadTuthmosis IIIHatshepsut 1 pointsQuestion 6 By doting their language across a huge stretch of Africa, the Bantu played a role similar to that played by theAnswerIndo-EuropeansMongolsXiongnuVisigothsBabylonians 1 pointsQuestion 7 Hatshepsut wasAnswerA Mesopotamian king of the godsThe Hebrew term for their godThe first conqueror to unite all of MesopotamiaA woman who ruled Egypt as pharaohThe most important proto(prenominal) city of the Harappan society 1 pointsQuestion 8 The Egyptian god of the underworld wasAnswerAmon-ReAtenHorusOsirisPtah 1 pointsQuestion 9 The Bantu credibly began their migrations because ofAnswerInvasions from the Mediterranean basinA conscious desire for conquestThe threat of epidemic diseaseA desire to spread their monotheistic faithPopulati on pressures 1 pointsQuestion 10 The largest Egyptian pyramids were built during theAnswerMiddle KingdomOld KingdomNew KingdomArchaic designSecond Intermediary period 1 pointsQuestion 11 The early Sudanic societies recognized a single nobleman force as the source of good and evil, and they associated it withAnswerFireThe oceanThe sunRainThe moon 1 pointsQuestion 12 The Bantu originally came from aroundAnswerThe Swahili areaModern day NigeriaFar southern AfricaEgyptModern day Algeria 1 pointsQuestion 13 Which of the following societies began the custom of embalming to preserve the body for its life after death?AnswerEgyptMesopotamiaIndiaChinaPersia 1 pointsQuestion 14 Around 760 B. C. E. The Kushite King KashtaAnswerOfficially converted to the Egyptian godsFounded a dynasty that ruled Egypt for around a hundred yearsFormed a long trading agreement with Egypt, marking their first contactSurrendered to Assyrian dominationSurrendered to Egyptian domination 1 pointsQuestion 15 The Gre ek words meaning holy inscriptions refers toAnswerHieroglyphsCuneiformThe Old TestamentThe Phoenician alphabetThe Coptic script 1 pointsQuestion 16 __________s is the largest of all the pyramids.AnswerSargon of AkkadKhufuHyksosMenesGiza 1 pointsQuestion 17 The Hyksos wereAnswerNomads who eventually settled around the city of BabylonExternal invaders who helped bring about the end of the Egyptian Middle KingdomMesopotamian kingsThe priestly class in ancient EgyptDemons who punished the wicked in the Egyptian underworld 1 pointsQuestion 18 Around 3100 B. C. E. , the conqueror Menes founded ________, a city that would serve as the capital for early Egypt.AnswerHeliopolisKermaUruk MemphisThebes 1 pointsQuestion 19 Osiris judged whether or not souls were worthy for immortality byAnswerWeighing their wagon against a feather symbolizing justiceTheir completion of a journey all-inclusive of testsThe individuals level of sincere faith in Osiris as a redeemerExamining their religion at th e moment of their deathTheir adherence to the Code of Hammurabi 1 pointsQuestion 20 horse-drawn chariots and bronze weapons were introduced into Egypt by theAnswerHyksosBabyloniansKushitesHarappansQin