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Mesopotamian societies by the introduction of sustained agriculture

Use the following to answer questions 1-10:

Select the word or phrase from the Terms section that best matches the definition or example provided in the Definitions section.

 

Terms

a. Iron Age

b. Yahweh

c. cuneiform

d. Zoroastrianism

e. epic poem

f. Indo-European languages

g. polytheism

h. Phoenicians

i. pharaoh

j. Hammurabi’s law code

1.

Sumerian form of writing; the term describes the wedge-shaped marks made by a stylus. _________________

2.

An oral or written narration of the achievements and sometimes the failures of heroes that embodies peoples’ ideas about themselves. _________________

3.

A proclamation issued by Babylonian king Hammurabi to establish laws regulating many aspects of life. _________________

4.

The worship of many gods and goddesses. _________________

5.

A large family of languages that includes English, most of the languages of modern Europe, ancient Greek, Latin, Persian, Hindi, Bengali, and Sanskrit, the sacred tongue of ancient India. _________________

6.

Period beginning about 1100 B.C.E. when iron became the most important material for weapons and tools in some parts of the world. _________________

7.

All-powerful god of the Hebrew people and the basis for the enduring religious traditions of Judaism. _________________

8.

Religion based on the teachings of Zoroaster that emphasized the individual’s responsibility to choose between good and evil. _________________

9.

People of the prosperous city-states in what is now Lebanon who traded and founded colonies throughout the Mediterranean and spread the phonetic alphabet. _________________

10.

The title given to the king of Egypt in the New Kingdom, from a word that meant “great house.” _________________

Answer Key

1.

c. cuneiform

2.

e. epic poem

3.

j. Hammurabi’s law code

4.

g. polytheism

5.

f. Indo-European languages

6.

1. Iron Age

7.

b. Yahweh

8.

d. Zoroastrianism

9.

h. Phoenicians

10.

i. pharaoh

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Mesopotamian societies by the introduction of sustained agriculture

Mesopotamian societies by the introduction of sustained agriculture