WESTERN CIV ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED
A+
The capital city of Old Kingdom Egypt was
Memphis
Cairo
Aswan
Alexandria
Memphis
Egypt was a wealthy civilization because
they had extensive gold mines
they had easy access to slaves from sub-Saharan Africa
the regular flooding of the Nile made the land fertile
the gods decreed it
the regular flooding of the Nile made the land fertile
Religion in ancient Egypt had little to do with ethics
true
false
true
The arrival of which people/s in the Near East around 1200 BCE led to the
destruction of nearly every state in the region?
the Hittites
the Greeks
the Indo-Europeans
the Indians
, the Indo-Europeans
Two rivers enabled Sumerian agriculture and its civilization, the Tigris and the
Danube
Nile
Jordan
Euphrates
Euphrates
Humanity's relationship with the gods, according to early Mesopotamian
religion can best be described as
humans exist to serve the gods
the gods created humans as entertainment
humans exist to choose between good and evil
humans exist to fight the gods
humans exist to serve the gods
Writing was a tightly held monopoly by professional scribes in Sumer
true
false
true
What group conquered the Sumerian city-states around 2350 BCE?
Egyptians
Sea people
Akkadians
Indians
Akkadians
The Akkadian Empire was the first example of the importance of the
connections between which two regions?
Europe and America
Central Asia and the Mediterranean
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED
A+
The capital city of Old Kingdom Egypt was
Memphis
Cairo
Aswan
Alexandria
Memphis
Egypt was a wealthy civilization because
they had extensive gold mines
they had easy access to slaves from sub-Saharan Africa
the regular flooding of the Nile made the land fertile
the gods decreed it
the regular flooding of the Nile made the land fertile
Religion in ancient Egypt had little to do with ethics
true
false
true
The arrival of which people/s in the Near East around 1200 BCE led to the
destruction of nearly every state in the region?
the Hittites
the Greeks
the Indo-Europeans
the Indians
, the Indo-Europeans
Two rivers enabled Sumerian agriculture and its civilization, the Tigris and the
Danube
Nile
Jordan
Euphrates
Euphrates
Humanity's relationship with the gods, according to early Mesopotamian
religion can best be described as
humans exist to serve the gods
the gods created humans as entertainment
humans exist to choose between good and evil
humans exist to fight the gods
humans exist to serve the gods
Writing was a tightly held monopoly by professional scribes in Sumer
true
false
true
What group conquered the Sumerian city-states around 2350 BCE?
Egyptians
Sea people
Akkadians
Indians
Akkadians
The Akkadian Empire was the first example of the importance of the
connections between which two regions?
Europe and America
Central Asia and the Mediterranean
