Ap World History Chapter 2 Test ANSWERS

Gilgamesh was associated with what city

Enkidu was

Which of the following subjects is not addressed in the Epic of Gilgamsh

In the Epic of Gilgamesh humans were not allowed to live forever because

The earliest urban societies developed in the

The word Mesopotamia means

The first complex society developed in the southern Mesopotamian land of

The word Semitic refers to

Eridu, Ur, Uruk, Lagash, Nippur, and Kish were all associated with

A Mesopotamian stepped pyramid was known as a

Which of the following societies possessed the least degree of strong, centralized rule

The creator of the first empire in Mesopotamia was

Mesopotamian cultural and political brilliance reached its peak during the reign of

What individual believed that the gods had chosen him to "provide the welfare of the people... [and] to cause justice to prevail in the land"

The words lex talionis relate to

While Hammurabi's code was based on the concept of lex talionis, it was also shaped by

The Babylonians eventually fell in 1595 B.C.E. to the

The later Mesopotamian people who around 1000 B.C.E. built a large empire based on a powerful army with iron weapons and who made extensive use of terror were the

What Mesopotamian society built the largest empire

A Babylonian resurgence of power was led in the sixth century B.C.E. by

The famous hanging gardens of the ancient world were located in

Mesopotamian metalworkers discovered that if they alloyed copper and tin they could produce

Iron metallurgy came to Mesopotamia from the

The first people in the world to use wheeled vehicles were the

Evidence proves that Mesopotamians

Social distinctions in Mesopotamia

In Mesopotamia, prisoners of war, convicted criminals, and heavily indebted individuals were the three main sources for

Mesopotamia developed into

Some scholars believe that patriarchal social orders arose because of

Conditions for women in Mesopotamia

The Mesopotamian style of writing was known as

The statement, "If she was not careful, but was gadabout, thus neglecting her house (and) humiliating her husband, they shall throw that woman into the water," is drawn from

The Mesopotamians

The patriarch of the Hebrews was

Ethical monotheism was in the tradition of the

Hebrew law

Hebrew monotheism has its origins with

The first simplified alphabet, containing only twenty-two letters, was created by the

Which of the following languages is not of Indo-Europeans origin

The original homeland of the Indo-Europeans was

The most influential ancient Indo-European migrants into southwest Asia were the

Horse-drawn chariots were first invented by the

Hebrew God

Invented the horse-drawn chariot

First conqueror to unite all of Mesopotamia

Legal principle of the law of retaliation

"Wedge-shaped"

Helped create a shared linguistic base

First alphabet

Constructed the largest empire of the Mesopotamian societies

Leader who led a Babylonian resurgence in the sixth century B.C.E.

True founder of Hebrew Monotheism

Hero of the oldest known epic

Powerful Babylonian king who formulated a sophisticated law code