CTSU 101 Exam 1 Chapters 2 & 3
Questions and Answers
What was the Urban Revolution? - Answer-Transition from a hunter-gatherer culture to a culture
settled in one place.
What did the Urban Revolution allow for? - Answer-- Innovations in buildings (cities)
- Increased agricultural efficiency
- Development of trade and trade routes
- Increased cultural activity
- Development of leisure class
Who was apart of the Mesopotamian civilizations? - Answer-- Sumerians
- Babylonians
- Persian
- The Akkadians and Assyrians
Who was the first to use writing called "cuneiform?" - Answer-Sumerians
, Who was the rich and growing class? - Answer-Sumerians
Who was the first to construct monumental buildings? - Answer-Sumerians
Who is the Code of Hammurabi significant to? - Answer-Babylonians
Who is the Ishtar Gate significant to? - Answer-Babylonians
Who is the Palace of Persepolis significant to? - Answer-Persian
Define Cuneiform - Answer-Written language and the development of record keeping
Who are the two main figures in the Epic of Gilgamesh? - Answer-Gilgamesh the King of Uruk (Ur) and
the WIldman Enkidu (foil and friend for Gilgamesh)
What is a key scene in the Epic of Gilgamesh? - Answer-The Deluge Tablet
What is a Ziggurat? - Answer-Sites of religious worship and sacrifice to Mesopotamian gods who were
violent and unpredictable
What Ziggurat was the central achievement? - Answer-The Ziggurat at Ur-Nammu
What is the creation myth of Sumerian culture? - Answer-The Enuma Elish
What is the Enuma Elish about? - Answer-The elevation of key gods (Marduk)
Questions and Answers
What was the Urban Revolution? - Answer-Transition from a hunter-gatherer culture to a culture
settled in one place.
What did the Urban Revolution allow for? - Answer-- Innovations in buildings (cities)
- Increased agricultural efficiency
- Development of trade and trade routes
- Increased cultural activity
- Development of leisure class
Who was apart of the Mesopotamian civilizations? - Answer-- Sumerians
- Babylonians
- Persian
- The Akkadians and Assyrians
Who was the first to use writing called "cuneiform?" - Answer-Sumerians
, Who was the rich and growing class? - Answer-Sumerians
Who was the first to construct monumental buildings? - Answer-Sumerians
Who is the Code of Hammurabi significant to? - Answer-Babylonians
Who is the Ishtar Gate significant to? - Answer-Babylonians
Who is the Palace of Persepolis significant to? - Answer-Persian
Define Cuneiform - Answer-Written language and the development of record keeping
Who are the two main figures in the Epic of Gilgamesh? - Answer-Gilgamesh the King of Uruk (Ur) and
the WIldman Enkidu (foil and friend for Gilgamesh)
What is a key scene in the Epic of Gilgamesh? - Answer-The Deluge Tablet
What is a Ziggurat? - Answer-Sites of religious worship and sacrifice to Mesopotamian gods who were
violent and unpredictable
What Ziggurat was the central achievement? - Answer-The Ziggurat at Ur-Nammu
What is the creation myth of Sumerian culture? - Answer-The Enuma Elish
What is the Enuma Elish about? - Answer-The elevation of key gods (Marduk)
