Social Studies Review

Question 1

Arranged in a difficult way

Answer 1

Complex

Question 2

To build; usually some kind of structure, such as a house

Answer 2

Construct

Question 3

An early city that was like a small, independent country with its own laws and government

Answer 3

City-state

Question 4

A means of supplying land with water

Answer 4

Irrigation

Question 5

A strong disagreement

Answer 5

Dispute

Question 6

Fine particles of rock

Answer 6

Silt

Question 7

An area in southern Mesopotamia where cities first appeared

Answer 7

Sumer

Question 8

One of the two most largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf

Answer 8

Euphrates River

Question 9

One of the two most largest rivers in Southwest Asia that flow from the mountains in Turkey to the Persian Gulf

Answer 9

Tigris River

Question 10

A wall of Earth built to prevent a river from flooding its bank

Answer 10

Levee

Question 11

A resource that can be used to make something else

Answer 11

Material

Question 12

To keep something in good condition by making necessary repairs

Answer 12

Maintain

Question 13

A substance that lies between or above other things

Answer 13

Layer

Question 14

Mesopotamia is in what present-day country?

Answer 14

Iraq

Question 15

Area between Euphrates River and Tigris River

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Fertile Crescent

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Where does the water come from?

Answer 16

Snow melts in Taurus mountains

Question 17

4 problems Mesopotamians faced:

Answer 17

food shortages, uncontrolled water supply, difficulties building water boundaries, attacks by neighboring communities

Question 18

Biggest problem with the region:

Answer 18

Uncontrollable water supply

Question 19

Too much water can cause 3 problems:

Answer 19

“Root Rot”, flooding, and washing them away

Question 20

Levees prevent what?

Answer 20

Floods

Question 21

Scooping out stuff in creeks or rivers

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Dredging

Question 22

Sumerians built…

Answer 22

Complex irrigation systems

Question 23

Sumerians built…

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Walls, and dug out moats

Question 24

Sumer is an area in southern Mesopotamia where…

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Cities first appeared

Question 25

A society marked by developed arts, sciences, governments, and social structures

Answer 25

Civilization

Question 26

A task or problem that tests a person's ability

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Challenge

Question 27

Historians name 7 characteristics of a civilization:

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Stable food supply, social structure, system of government, religious system, a way of life in the arts such as, #1-painting, #2-architecture, #3-music, #4-literature, advances in technology, highly developed written languages

Question 28

2 key adaptions to help them create a stable food supply:

Answer 28

Complex irrigation systems such as , #1- canals, #2- dams, #3- reservoirs, the plow

Question 29

The plow is used for...

Answer 29

tilling, or turning the soil

Question 30

An interconnected system of channels or lines

Answer 30

Network

Question 31

A crafts person

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Artisan

Question 32

A person who makes money by selling goods

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Merchant

Question 33

First class contains:

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Kings, priests, nobles, and government officials

Question 34

Second class contains:

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Merchants, artisans

Question 35

Third class contains:

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Enslaved people

Question 36

6 things merchants and artisans made:

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Swords, arrow heads, plows, hoes, mirrors, jewelry

Question 37

2 things merchants and artisans did:

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Farmed, and fished

Question 37

3 things women did in second class:

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They were scribes, artisans, and priestesses

Question 37

Sumerians believed...

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That their gods supported the king

Question 38

Sumerian kings did:

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Enforced the law, collected taxes, built temples, lead armies, and maintained irrigation systems

Question 39

2 parts to Sumerian armies:

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professional soldiers, and temporary soldiers

Question 40

A religious system includes 2 things:

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A set of beliefs, and various forms of worship

Question 41

An ancient Mesopotamian temple tower with outside staircases and a shrine at the top

Answer 41

Ziggurat

Question 42

The Sumerians also believed...

Answer 42

Their gods lived in the ziggurats

Question 43

Their gods were pleased when the people showed signs of:

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Devotion, love, and obedience

Question 44

The ritual killing of a person as an offering to the gods

Answer 44

Human sacrifice

Question 45

A characteristic of civilization that includes the beliefs and behaviors of a society or group of people

Answer 45

Culture

Question 46

Expressive forms of art:

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painting, architecture, and music

Question 47

A wooden instrument made of a sound box and strings

Answer 47

Lyre

Question 48

Most important technology advantage:

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The wheel

Question 49

3 technological advances:

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The wheel, the arch, and written language

Question 50

2 advantages of the wheel under a sledge:

Answer 50

Pulls more weight, and so they wouldn't get stuck in the mud

Question 51

2 shapes arches would take:

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Upside-down U-shaped, or upside-down V-shaped

Question 52

Arches added ______, and ______ to Sumerian buildings

Answer 52

Strength, and beauty

Question 53

Cuneiform is from a Latin word for...

Answer 53

"Wedge"

Question 54

A symbol that stands for an object

Answer 54

Pictograph

Question 55

Writing that uses wedge-shaped characters

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Cuneiform

Question 56

A disagreement or fight caused by opposing points of views

Answer 56

Conflict

Question 57

A city that is the center of government

Answer 57

Capital

Question 58

A collection of written laws and rules

Answer 58

Code of laws

Question 59

A large territory in which several groups of people are ruled by a single leader of government

Answer 59

Empire

Question 60

Wealth sent from one country or ruler as a sign that the other is supreme

Answer 60

Tribute

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To bring together

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Assembling

Question 62

To show something in a place where people can see it

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Display

Question 63

A way a region or country uses resources to produce and sell or trade goods and services to meet people's needs and wants

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Economy

Question 64

Someone who forces entry into a place where they are unwanted

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Invader

Question 65

A military blockade and attack on a city to force it to surrender

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Siege

Question 66

A planned approach

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Strategy

Question 67

A skilled way of doing something

Answer 67

Technique

Question 68

To join together

Answer 68

Unify

Question 69

City-states of Sumer were like...

Answer 69

Small, independent countries

Question 70

Sumerians often fought over...

Answer 70

Land, and water rights

Question 71

One thing city-states never did:

Answer 71

Unite in one group

Question 72

4 key empires in Mesopotamia:

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Akkadian Empire, Babylonian Empire, Assyrian Empire, and Neobabylonian Empire

Question 73

Akkadian Empire was ruled by:

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King Sargon

Question 74

Sargon was both a ______ king, and ______ general who built his empire through ________ _________ ____________

Answer 74

Sargon was both a strong king, and skilled general who built his empire through effective military strategies

Question 75

Sargon would destroy walls of city-states so they wouldn't...

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Rebel

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Tributes were also...

Answer 76

Taxes

Question 77

Taxes did...

Answer 77

They kept the government running

Question 78

Akkadians borrowed 3 things from the Sumerians:

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They farmed using Sumerians irrigation techniques, used Sumer's system of cuneiform writing, and worshipped the same gods and goddesses

Question 79

Carved relief sculpture depicting events

Answer 79

Steles

Question 80

Hammurabi was best known for his...

Answer 80

code of laws

Question 81

Hammurabi's laws covered:

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Trade, payment for work, marriage, divorce

Question 82

2 main things for punishment:

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Stealing, or causing injury

Question 83

Punishments always fit the...

Answer 83

Crime

Question 84

Babylonians traded 1 Grain and 2 Woven clothes for:

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Wood, gold, silver, gems, and livestock

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4 things enslaved people could do:

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Work elsewhere, keep their wages, own property, and buy their freedom

Question 86

Women could:

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Own property, and keep money of their own

Question 87

Assyrians had perfected 5 things:

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Siege warfare, use of horses, iron weapons, battering rams, and movable towers

Question 88

Extremely crucial to social and political order...

Answer 88

Religion

Question 89

Assyrians got water to the people by...

Answer 89

Aqueducts

Question 90

Bas-reliefs were...

Answer 90

2D sculptures

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Neo means...

Answer 91

New

Question 92

Leader of Babylonian Empire...

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Nebuchadnezzar II

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Big display in Neo-Babylonian Empire...

Answer 93

Hanging gardens

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2 reasons why they had vines cascading on buildings

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Kept it cooler, and beauty

Question 95

Babylonians were skilled in 2 things:

Answer 95

Mathematics, and astronomy

Question 96

Astronomy is the study of...

Answer 96

Space and stars

Question 97

Assyrian Empire lasted until...

Answer 97

Conquered by Alexander the Great

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To bring something new

Answer 98

Create

Question 99

Good at a job

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Professional

Question 100

Complex Irrigation systems included...

Answer 100

Dams, reservoirs, and canals

Question 101

3 different kinds of art...

Answer 101

Painting, architecture, and music