HIEU 201
Chapter 1 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.
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Chapter 1 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.
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