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Chapter 3 - Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Most of the people of the Western Hemisphere are polythestic. | False |
| Polytheism refers to | the belief in many gods. |
| Modern English, French, German, Spanish, and Russian are examples of __________ writing systems, where symbols called an alphabet are used to represent sounds. | phoenetic |
| The Epic of Gilgamesh was an ancient | poem |
| The Fertile Crescent no longer exists. | False |
| Mesopotamia is a Greek word that means | between the rivers. |
| The Tigris and Euphrates are (or were) | rivers |
| Almost every large city is located near water. | TRUE |
| In a pictographic writing system, each symbol represents a _____. | sound |
| The twenty-six letters of the Latin alphabet are _____ symbols. | phoenetic |
| This is a period of one thousand years. | millennium |
| We live in this century. | twenty-first |
| In a pictographic writing system, each symbol represents a _____. | word |
| "Beginning Centuries" is not generally accepted as a definition of BC or BCE. | True |
| This is a period of one hundred years. | century |
| This is a period of ten years. | decade |
| Ancient Sumerian writing was known as | cuneiform |
| This is an example of a pictographic writing system? | Sumerian cuneiform |
| The Fertile Crescent stretches from the Mediterranean Sea to the _____ _____. | Persian Gulf |
| The Fertile ________ is shaped like a quarter moon. | Crescent |
| The ________ Crescent is a rich food growing area. | Fertile |
| He was a Babylonian king. | Hammurabi |
| What was based on the principle, “An Eye for an Eye, A Tooth for a Tooth.” | Hammurabi’s Code |
| What places did Hammurabi place his code of laws for everyone to see? | public |
| The Assyrians were well read and knew about other peoples and cultures. | False |
| What did the Assyrians use to break down city walls. (two words) | battering rams |
| The Assyrians had a powerful army equipped with what type of weapons. | iron |
| What did the Assyrians warriors use to attack quickly. | chariots |
| Who dammed the rivers leading into Babylon. | Assyrians |