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Unit 1: Early Civilization Test
1. What are the Phoenicians know for? Created first phonetic alphabet, traded around
Mediterranean—carriers of civilization
2. Where did most rulers in early civilizations claimed their right to rule came from? The gods
3. Historians identify eight basic features of civilizations. What are they? Public works, job
specialization, social hierarchy, writing, government, arts and architecture, religion, cities
4. Hammurabi’s code is specific because it was the first written law code—set out specific
punishments for each crime and treated social classes differently
5. Why is Hammurabi’s code significant?
6. What natural resource allowed the civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt to build a civilization?
rivers
7. Why did most early civilizations have irrigation projects? To control flooding/environment
8. Who in early Mesopotamia created the earliest written law code that is known? Hammerabi
9. What groups occupied the lowest level in many early civilizations? Peasant farmers
10. What type of public works were projects of early civilizations? Irrigation projects, roads,
11. How were the religions of Sumer and Egypt similar? Polytheistic—worship many gods
12. Why were Egyptian farmers more fortunate than the farmers of Mesopotamia? Nile was more
predictable in flooding, fertile land
13. Papyrus was an early form of what? paper
14. What did Moses do? Led Israelites out Egypt, gives them 10 commandments (MOSES DOES NOT
ENTER THE PROMISED LAND)
15. What are pictograms? Pictures that convey ideas, later replaced with symbolic writing
16. What did King Nebuchadnezzar do? Hanging gardens of Babylon
17. What physical feature did most early civilization develop around? rivers
18. How did writing develop? As a record keeping system
19. Unlike many ancient societies, the early Hebrews (Israelites) believed that what about their God?
There was only one
20. Who led the Israelites out of Egypt? Moses
21. Zoroastrianism and the early Hebrews both believe what key ideas? One god, angels, judgement,
heaven and hell
22. What is a social hierarchy? System that ranked people according to jobs and put them in social
classes
23. How did the Egyptians see the pharaohs? As a god on earth
24. What is a hunter-gather? Seasonal nomads who hunt and gather
25. The earliest civilization that developed was located where? Mesopotamia, Sumer, fertile crescent
26. Who was the first group in history to have iron weapons? Hittites
27. Who are the Assyrians? Mesopotamians who had chariots and attacked in Middle East
28. How did social classes develop? Came from jobs
Identify the following:
29. Persian prophet and religious reformer--Zoroaster
30. Father of the first Hebrew people--Abraham
31. Seafaring groups who traded, influencing other cultures—Phoenicians
32. First empire to unite with a unified currency and the Royal Road--Persians