Early Civilizations (Bce) Set 1

Front 1

Which civilization was this?

Back 1

the Phoenicians

Front 2

Which of the following is a
primary source of history?
your textbook
Hammurabi's Code
Wikipedia
Howard Carter

Back 2

Hammurabi's Code

Front 3

The center of ancient Mesopotamia
was in modern day ___.

Back 3

Iraq

Front 4

The center of ancient Judea
was in modern day ___.

Back 4

Israel

Front 5

The ancient Egyptian writing
system was called ___.

Back 5

hieroglyphics

Front 6

The ancient Mesopotamian
writing system was called ___.

Back 6

cuneiform

Front 7

Which ancient civilization built
temple-pyramids called ziggurats?

Back 7

Mesopotamia (Sumerian)

Front 8

Which ancient civilization
wrote on papyrus?

Back 8

Egypt

Front 9

Which ancient civilization built
pyramids as tombs for their kings?

Back 9

Egypt

Front 10

The great pyramid of the Giza
plateau was built for the pharaoh ___.

Back 10

Khufu (Cheops)

Front 11

The civilization that developed along
the Tigris and Euphrates rivers was ___.

Back 11

Mesopotamia

Front 12

The civilization that produced
the first writing system to use
symbols to represent simple
sounds were the ___.

Back 12

Phoenicians

Front 13

Their religion, known today as Judaism,
continues as a world religion and influenced
the development of Christianity and Islam.
Who were they?

Back 13

Hebrews or
Israelites

Front 14

The geographic feature that protected
ancient Egypt from being invaded
from the West was ___.

Back 14

the Sahara Desert

Front 15

Which of these was NOT a
city of ancient Mesopotamia?
Uruk Harappa
Ur Babyon

Back 15

Harappa

Front 16

When the government of a city
or state is ruled by the religious
authority (priest-king) it is called
a ____.

Back 16

theocracy

Front 17

Which of these was NOT a state
or empire of Mesopotamia?
Thebes Sumeria
Akkad Assyria

Back 17

Thebes

Front 18

The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
flow into the ____ _____.

Back 18

Persian Gulf

Front 19

King Nebuchadnezzar built the
____ / it was one of the seven
wonders of the ancient world

Back 19

Hanging Gardens
of Babylon

Front 20

It arced from the eastern shore of
the Mediterranean all the way to
the Persian Gulf / this area was
the first cradle of civilization

Back 20

Fertile Crescent

Front 21

What building material were
Ziggurats built from?

Back 21

mud or clay bricks
-oven or sum baked
-some coated with tar

Front 22

As with most early civilizations,
the Sumerian economy was based
on ____.

Back 22

agriculture

Front 23

The Akkadian king who built the
world's first "empire" was ___.

Back 23

Sargon
(2340 BC)

Front 24

The oldest know set of written
laws are known as _____.

Back 24

Hammurabi's Code

Front 25

The first civilization to use coins
were the ___.

Back 25

Lydians

Front 26

The first civilization to develop
the wheel were the ___.

Back 26

Sumerians

Front 27

The first to develop a lasting
monotheistic religion were
the ___.

Back 27

Hebrews or
Israelites

Front 28

The character called Utnapishtim,
from Gilgamesh, was given ___
after the great flood came to an end.

Back 28

immortality

Front 29

Who was Enkidu

Back 29

friend or companion
to Gilgamesh

Front 30

What two rivers come together
to form the Nile River?

Back 30

White Nile
Blue Nile

Front 31

Letter D shows the location of ___.

Back 31

the Yellow River
(Huang He)

Front 32

The K shows the location of ___.

Back 32

the Gobi Desert

Front 33

The capital city of ancient Egypt
was ___.

Back 33

Memphis

Front 34

The Chinese philosophy of ___
taught that government should
pass strict laws and enforce
them with harsh punishments.

Back 34

Legalism
Emperor Qin ruled under Legalism
He had Confucian scholars buried alive