Chapter 3 - Test
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
clj.ss.7
Popular World History sets