Chapter 2 Test
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- Cultural Diffusion
- the spreading of new ideas to other places
- Barter
- to trade by exchange of commodities rather than by the use of money.
- Whats were 2 accomplishments of mesopotamia that still effect you today
- different religons & maybe even cities
- Code of Hammurabi
- the collection of laws complied by the Babylonian Leader
- Why was Hammurabis code important?
- Hammurabis code showed disipline in a way.the laws in clear statements and set standard punishment, while the older laws were unfair & these laws followed the idea for an" eye for an eye"
- Surplus
- extra supply
- Why was Hammurabis code accepted by the people
- because Hammurabi introdiced equal justice under the law & taxation
- How do we know that the ziggurat was important in Sumer?
- the people would pray to the shrine (citys special god) becuase they thought it would bring them big harvests
- Why did the Phonecian alphabet spread so quickly?
- they modeled teir civialazation after whom they come in contact with
- Cuneiform
- wedge-shaped symbols
- Social Class
- groups with different levels of importance
- Mesopotamia
- fertile cresent
- Ziggurat
- huge mud-bricked temple
- Monarchy
- new government
- What were 2 inventions of Mesopotamia that still effect you today
- wheel & wheel cart
- Scribe
- was a person who wrote things for others
- Name one reason why the Assyrians conquerors were important
- conquered land to increse their trade routes
- Innovation
- new way to do something
- Dikes
- held the flooding rivers within their banks
- Torah
- Jewish people refer to these five books
- What were the religous differences between Abraham and the Mesopotamians?
- The Mesopotamians believed in many Gods, and Abraham inly believes in 1
- Conquer
- to take over
- Taxation
- people are required to pay taxes to support the government
- Ten Comandments
- set of laws for responsible behavior
- Merchant
- people who bought and sold goods for a living
- Explain 2 innovations of mesopotamia that still effect you today
- scribes & cuneiform
- City-States
- it included a city or village and the farmlands around it
- Judaism
- religon of Jewish people
- What were 2 improvments of Hammurabis Empire?
- he conquered and reunited mesopotamia.& he improved each city-state under his rule by promoting trade & building dikes & canals
- What was affected by the coining of money?
- its value has to be accepted and has to be light. also, you must be willing tou use it to trade
- What were the different social classes of Sumer
- Hightest-priests,nobles,kings Middle-merchants,craftworkers,managers Low-unskilled workers/slaves
- Covenant
- special agreement with God
- Money Economy
- an economic system based on the use of money rather than on barter
- Monotheism
- belief in one God
- Name one reason why Sargon's conquers were important
- they had the first standing army
- Name one reason why Hammurabis conqueors were important
- laws and equal justice
- Emperor
- ruler of the empire
- Equal Justice
- fair treatment
- What were 2 improvments of Sargons Empire?
- 1st king in the region to set up a standing army (full-time)also he built a capital city called Akkad