Gr 8 Revision For Trimester Exam 4

REVISION; Trimester EXAM : The First CivilizationsTRUE/FALSE (10 points each) Indicate whether each statement below is true or false. Write ”true” or “false” after each statement.1. Among the most important civilizations in the Fertile Crescent were the Babylonians, the Egyptians, and the Persians.2. According to the Code of Hammurabi, thieves would be executed.3. Babylonian women could own property and work as merchants and traders much like the Egyptian women.4. The Hittites, a nomadic people, were the first to make use of iron for weapons and to create a code of laws.5. The Assyrians used chariots, treated conquered peoples kindly, and permitted limited selfgovernment in conquered lands.6. The Assyrians built roads, established a postal system, used battering rams, and built Nineveh.7. Nineveh included a huge defensive wall and a large library.8. The Persians, led by Nebuchadnezzar, built the Hanging Gardens.9. Cyrus the Great, Darius I, and Xerxes I were all great Zoroastrian rulers who conquered the Hittites.10. Zoroaster taught that there is both good and evil in all things, and the two must remain in balance with each other.