HIEU 201 MINDTAP CHAPTER 10 QUIZ
1. The region between the lower reaches of the Tigris and Euphrates
Rivers is known s ______, from the Greek meaning “between the
rivers”.
Answer: Mesopotamia
2. The ________ is the belt of rich farmland that extends from Sumer
through Syria in the north and down to Egypt in the west.
Answer: Fertile Crescent
3. Paleolithic religious beliefs
Answer:
centered around the idea that human beings needed to appease the
forces of nature?
4. Which of the following is NOT a feature of the Neolithic Age?
Answer: Human beings started using iron tools
5. The first civilizations
Answer: developed systems for administration, cooperation, and
record-keeping.
6. Sargon the Great
Answer : contributed to the spread of Sumerian culture beyond the
boundaries of Mesopotamia.
7. The Sumerians erected their religious temples atop huge multilevel
mounds called
Answer: Ziggurats
8. The kings in ancient Mesopotamia
Answer: Saw themselves not as gods but rather as great men selected by
gods to represent them on earth.
9. The economy of Mesopotamian cities
Answer: depended heavily on foreign and domestic trade.
1. The region between the lower reaches of the Tigris and Euphrates
Rivers is known s ______, from the Greek meaning “between the
rivers”.
Answer: Mesopotamia
2. The ________ is the belt of rich farmland that extends from Sumer
through Syria in the north and down to Egypt in the west.
Answer: Fertile Crescent
3. Paleolithic religious beliefs
Answer:
centered around the idea that human beings needed to appease the
forces of nature?
4. Which of the following is NOT a feature of the Neolithic Age?
Answer: Human beings started using iron tools
5. The first civilizations
Answer: developed systems for administration, cooperation, and
record-keeping.
6. Sargon the Great
Answer : contributed to the spread of Sumerian culture beyond the
boundaries of Mesopotamia.
7. The Sumerians erected their religious temples atop huge multilevel
mounds called
Answer: Ziggurats
8. The kings in ancient Mesopotamia
Answer: Saw themselves not as gods but rather as great men selected by
gods to represent them on earth.
9. The economy of Mesopotamian cities
Answer: depended heavily on foreign and domestic trade.
