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CHAPTER
Class
Date
2
Daily Quiz 2.3
Sumerian Civilization
TRUE/FALSE Mark each statement T if it is true or F if it is false. If false explain why.
______ 1. Like Egypt, the geography of the Fertile Crescent protected it from invaders.
______ 2. Neolithic farmers formed a society because they needed to cooperate to
irrigate the land.
______ 3. The predictable flood patterns of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers made
farming easier.
______ 4. Like the Egyptians, Sumerians used a picture-based form of writing called
hieroglyphics.
______ 5. Sumerian buildings were weakened by their use of the arch.
______ 6. The Sumerians created a number system based on 60.
______ 7. The Sumerians believed that their city-states belonged to the people who
lived in them.
______ 8. Sumerians grew enough food to allow for a division of labor.
______ 9. All upper-class Sumerians received an education.
______10. The Sumerians did not believe in an afterlife.
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ANSWER KEY
Chapter 1
DAILY QUIZ 2.3
DAILY QUIZ 1.1
True/False
1. F The Fertile Crescent was open and
Matching
1. h
2. l
3. d
4. g
5. k
easily reached by invaders.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
b
c
a
e
i
2. T
3. F
4. F
5. F
DAILY QUIZ 1.2
True/False
1. F Agricultural settlements were able to
6. T
7. F
produce and save their own food and
develop civilizations.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
T
T
F
F
T
T
F
F
10. F
8. T
9. F
Artisans were skilled workers.
It’s called cultural diffusion.
The Sumerians believed that the
city-states belonged to the gods.
Only upper-class males received
an education.
10. T
DAILY QUIZ 2.4
Matching
1. d
2. l
3. e
4. i
5. a
Iron is stronger than bronze.
The plow gave men power over food
production.
People believed that gods and
goddesses controlled their lives.
in the Blank
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Old Kingdom
nobles
foreigners
Hatshepsut
monotheism
6.
7.
DAILY QUIZ 2.2
Multiple Choice
1. b
2. a
3. a
4. c
5. d
c
h
j
k
g
Short Answer
1. The Lebanon mountains were hard to
DAILY QUIZ 2.1
Nile
irrigation
desert and seas
hieroglyphics
Rosetta Stone
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
DAILY QUIZ 2.5
Chapter 2
Fill
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The Tigris and Euphrates flooded
unpredictably.
Sumerians created cuneiform writing.
The arch can provide strong support
for roofs.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
8.
9.
10.
a
c
c
b
d
cross.
by sea
Carthage, Sicily, Sardinia, Malta, Spain
lumber
gold, silver, glass, dye, fish, linen, olive oil,
wine
Egyptians and Babylonians
to exchange one good or service for
another
the Phoenician alphabet
They used coined money.
a system that uses money as a measure of
value and a unit of accounting
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