Chapter 1 Quiz

Water and Soil, Stone and Metal: The First Civilizations 10,000-12,000 BCE
. Ancient Sumerians had access to which body of water?

. Farming began in Sumer around _______.

. Early farming implements included _______. (Select all that apply)

. The earliest form of writing, invented in Mesopotamia, is called _______.

. Each Sumerian city-state possessed its own unique _______ a god or goddess that kept close watch over the city.

. The Sumerians mostly tried to earn the gods' favor through _______.

. Hammurabi was an early ruler of _______

. A plutocracy is a governing class made up of the _______.

. Egypt was unified as a single kingdom around _______.

. Ancient Egyptians wrote primarily on _______.

. In Egypt, who could own property, enter into contracts, and settle disputes in court?

. The basic Egyptian diet consisted of _______.

. Pharaohs were considered to be the incarnation of the god _______.

. The Isis and Osiris myth represented the idea of _____ to

. The Egyptian coffin texts, made up of a combination of incantations, magic spells, and solutions to riddles, is most commonly known as _______.

. What new military technology did the Hyksos invasion bring to Egypt? Select all that apply.

. Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaton may have been history's first _______

. Hatshepsut was _______.

. Indo-European is _______

. Indo-European speaking groups that settled in Anatolia in the second millennium BCE include the _______ and _______

. After 1200 BCE, what metal became widely used throughout the Near East?

. The Phoenicians' most important contribution to Western culture was their invention of the _______.

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Based on Map 1.6, what can you say about Egypt during the New Kingdom?

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The object shown in this photo is called a _______.

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What is odd about this image of Pharaoh Hatshepsut?

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