Mrs. Barber's History Unit 2 Review

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HISTORY UNIT 2 REVIEW


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History Unit 2 Review

This wedge-shaped writing was made

by pressing a stylus into wet clay.

What is cuneiform?


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This rectangular, stepped tower in

Mesopotamia was the centre of

worship.

What is a ziggurat?


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This person believes in many gods.

What is a polytheist?


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In Mesopotamia, each of these had its

own government.

What is a city state?


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A single supreme authority governs

this group of states or countries.

What is an empire?


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This ology describes the movement

of stars and planets interpreted as an

influence on human affairs.

What is astrology?


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This hard, black igneous rock was

often used by people to carve statues

or monuments.

What is diorite?


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This Latin term can be translated as

the law of retaliation.

What is lex talionis?


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The goods, money, or land taken by a

bride into a marriage.

What is a dowry?


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God promised this man that he would

become the father of a great nation.

Who isAbraham?


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This group of languages includes

Hebrew,Arabic,Assyrian, and

Babylonian.

What is Semitic?


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This artifact from Mesopotamia

depicts the relationship of the people

to their gods.

What is the Warka Vase?


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These people moved from place to

place, usually living in tents.

What are nomads?


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This person was often called upon to

predict future events.

What is a soothsayer?


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This type of worship often includes

the worship of nature and the earth.

What is paganism?


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ThisGreek term describes the land

between the Tigris and Euphrates

Rivers.

What is Mesopotamia?


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These two rivers cradled the first

civilization.

What are the Tigris and

Euphrates Rivers?


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This term describes early writing that

was made up of pictures.

What are pictographs?


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Bronze is an alloy of these two

metals.

What are copper and tin?


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These apparent stars in the sky

were referred to as wild goats since

they moved more quickly than otherstars.

What are planets?


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These two great nations fought in the

Battle of Kadesh.

Who are the Egyptians and

the Hittites?


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When important decisions had to be

made, soothsayers inAncient

Babylonia used these to tell thefuture.

What are the insides ofanimals?


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Archaeologists uncovered these

tablets containing the record of

astronomical observations aparticular planet.

What are the Venus tablets?


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Abraham can be described as this,

since he believed in only one god.

What is a monotheist?


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The ruins of this ancient city, which

was once a thriving seaport, were

discovered 100 miles inland from thePersianGulf.

What is Ur?


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The Hittites used these to convince

the Egyptians that the Hittites were

camped many miles to the north atAleppo.

What are spies?


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This belief system, created for man by

man, rejects any religious beliefs.

What is humanism?


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This ancient implement was used to

write in clay.

What is a stylus?


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This famous flood legend is perhaps

the oldest literary work in existence.

What is The Epic of

Gilgamesh?


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Cuneiform writing was made up of

several hundred different symbols.

What is 600?


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The word means to grow vigorously,

thrive, prosper, be successful.

What is flourish?


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In the year 2003, the U.S. military

toppled the regime of this Iraqi

dictator.

Who is Saddam Hussein?


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This ancient monument inscribed

with the laws of the land is on display

in the Louvre in Paris, France.

What is Hammurabis Stele?


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This famous battle is the first for

which we have a full written account.

What is The Battle of Kadesh?


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TheAkkadian people, led by Sargon,

were descendants of this son of Noah.

Who is Shem?


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This ruler had his scribes travel

through the kingdom collecting laws,

then he decided which laws to keep.

Who is Hammurabi?


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This is an ancient set of laws

controlling every aspect of life.

What is The Code of

Hammurabi?


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These three rives provide water for

the FertileCrescent.

What are the Tigris,

Euphrates, and JordanRivers?


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To show their devotion to their gods,

Sumerians made these to pray for

them when they couldnt pray forthemselves.

What are figurines? (or tiny statues)


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Archaeologists have discovered that

Sumerian cities had complex sewer

systems with pipes made of thismaterial.

What is sun-dried brick?


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This Sumerian god of the sky ruled

the other gods and was constantly

threatening rebellion.

Who isAnu?


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Kadesh was a city-state on this river in

western Syria.

What is the Orontes River?


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This famous conqueror was placed in

the Euphrates River as a baby to be

carried away in the current to hisdeath.

Who is Sargon theGreat?


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A picture of this goddess, who was

believed to make the earth fertile, can

be found on the top of the WarkaVase.

Who is Inanna?


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Sargon theGreat established himself

as this kind of ruler, meaning that no

one could question his authority or hisdecisions.

What is anAbsolute Ruler?


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This priest-king is depicted in statues

wearing the cap of a common shepherd,

indicating that like a shepherd, he watchesover his people.

Who isGudea?


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Naram-Sim, Sargons grandson, went

a step further and declared himself to

be one of these.

What is a god?


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Boys attending school inAncient

Sumer could expect to be in school

daily during this time period.

What is sunrise to sunset?


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Students used these tablets to record

their lessons.

What are clay tablets?


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This chief god of the Babylonians

supposedly gave Hammurabi the

right to be king.

Who is Marduk?


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When Hammurabi died, his heirs were

unable to protect the kingdom from

invasion, and in 1600 B.C. thismountain tribe captured Babylonia.

Who are the Hittites?


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TheAnatolia regions is located in the

area of this present day nation.

What is Turkey?


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Hittite history is divided into these

three divisions.

What are the Old Kingdom,

the Middle Kingdom, andthe New Kingdom?


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These mountains inAnatolia held an

abundant supply of silver.

What are the Tarus

Mountains?


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The Hittites strength in battle was

mainly due to the development of this

war machine.

What is the three-manchariot?


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Hittite weapons of this metal were

stronger than those of their enemies,

giving them an advantage over theirBronzeAge foes.

What is iron?


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This famous pharaoh fought in the

Battle of Kadesh.

Who is Rameses theGreat?(or Rameses II)


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This branch of science deals with the

study of the sky.

What is astronomy?


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This annual event in the Babylonian

world happened every spring and

enabled the astronomers to calculatethe length of the solar year.

What is the flooding of theEuphrates River?

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