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Meopotamia
For AP World History Exam
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10th Grade
05/13/2009

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Gilgamesh was
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A king of the city-state of Uruk.

A hero in a popular Mesopotamian epic.

A warrior in conflict with the city of Kish.

A legendary loyal friend of Enkidu.

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What is not true of the land called Mesopotamia?
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It is a land of abundant rainfall and fertile plains.
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What did Sumerian cities and their governments do?
Definition

Organize work on building projects.

rule over the area surrounding the city.

oversee the construction and maintenance of irrigation systems.

organize the defense of the city against attacks.

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Sargon of Akkad
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was a gifted administrator and warrior.
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In Hammurabi's code you would be unlikely to find
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laws that indicate a suspect is innocent until proven guilty.
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WHich of the following peoples did not rule a Mesopotamian empire?

Assyrians

Hittites

Jews

Chaldeans

Akkadians

Definition
the Jews.
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What is the latest mesopotamian invention?
Definition
iron metallurgy.
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Fact about social classes of ancient Mesopotamia.
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Priests and priestesses were powerful rulers over temple communities.
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Cuneiform writing
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involved wedge-shaped symbols pressed onto clay with a reed.
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What was not a form of written documentation from Mesopotamia?
Definition
instructions on mummification of bodies.
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
Definition

recounts the adventures of Gilgamesh and his friend.

describes the hero's efforts to attain immortality.

explored relations between humans and the gods.

contemplates the meaning of life and death.

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The Hebrews
Definition

were not settled agriculturalists.

were not  led out of Palestine by Abraham.

were not  always monotheists.

were not the first Indo-Europeans to settle in southwest Asia.

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The religious beliefs of the Israelites after Moses included
Definition
monotheism.
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After the tenth century B.C.E., the Israelites experienced
Definition

the division of the kingdom of Israel.

conquest by the Assyrians.

the destruction of Jerusalem by the New Babylonian empire.

the return of deportees to Judea where they became known as Jews

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The Phoenicians
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were prosperous based on their sea trade and commercial networks.
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According to the excerpt "Israelites' Relations with Neighboring Peoples,"
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Solomon sent laborers to Hiram.
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Who first deduced the existence of an Indo-European culture?
Definition
nineteenth-century linguists.
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What is not associated with the Phoenicians?
Definition
agriculture.
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The key element in the expansion of the Indo-Europeans from their homeland was
Definition
horses.
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What was not an area to which the Indo-Europeans migrated?
Definition
east and southeast Asia.
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[image] Who is this?
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Hammurabi
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