A) Nile River B) Euphrates River C) Missouri River D) Amazon River
A) Ur B) Babylon C) Mesopotamia D) Hammurabi
A) “Land of a 1000 lakes” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land of the first civilization” D) “Land between 2 rivers”
A) English B) Cuneiform C) Babylon D) stylus
A) River in Mesopotamia B) Ruler C) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning D) People and how they speak
A) South America B) Fertile River C) Australia D) Fertile Crescent
A) Church B) Pyramid C) Ziggurat D) Synagogue
A) Monotheism B) Jew C) Islam D) Polytheism
A) Iraq B) Egypt C) Antarctica D) Saudi Arabia
A) Form of religion B) System that groups use to make laws and decisions C) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs D) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians
A) The Tigris and Euphrates B) The Nile C) The Red Sea D) The Orontes
A) To tell stories B) To make public signs C) To keep cows D) To keep records
A) Africa B) South America C) Asia D) France
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Laws B) Cradle of Civilization C) Cradle of land D) Cradle of Islam
A) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. B) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. C) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. D) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples.
A) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. B) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. C) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. D) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society.
A) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf B) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin C) heavy rain falling throughout the area D) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits
A) They were able to build a powerful navy. B) They were able to grow more crops. C) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. D) They were able to trade over long distances.
A) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Tigris and Sumer Rivers
A) 10,000 B.C.E B) 1904 AD C) 3500 B.C.E D) 3500 AD
A) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to B) A new method of fighting C) A means to control water supply to the land D) A paleolithic tool
A) Empire B) State-City C) Culture D) City-State
A) scribe B) slave C) priest D) king
A) epic B) mystery C) tall tale D) fairy tale
A) poppy B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Sargon D) Hammurabi
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Gilgamesh C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Gilgamesh
A) Phoenicians B) Chaldeans C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) chariots B) purple dye C) glass objects D) cedar wood
A) Babylonians B) Sumerians C) Assyrians D) Chaldeans
A) a code of laws B) purple dye C) alphabet D) wheel
A) Utu B) Enlil C) Inanna D) Zeus
A) priest B) King C) traders D) farmers E) craftsmen
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Lydians D) Chaldeans
A) the people who lived there had lots of children B) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East C) it was one of the earliest civilizations D) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture
A) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection B) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom C) led directly to the development of democracy D) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws
A) Gilgamesh B) Utu C) Sargon D) Hammurabi
A) to protect the people of the city-state from floods B) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland C) to keep people from moving to another city-state D) to protect the people of the city-state from attack
A) deities B) polytheism C) disciples D) rulers
A) farmers B) kings C) war chiefs D) priests
A) so architects could display their work B) to mark the center of the city C) so they could easily be found D) to honor the gods
A) battleships and iron weapons B) fire and chariots C) bows and arrows D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Chaldeans B) Phoenicians C) Kassites D) Hittites
A) the Hittites B) the Assyrians C) the Kassites D) the Phoenicians
A) Babylon B) Ur C) Sumer D) Nineveh
A) people who produce more food than they need to survive B) all of the these C) people living in an organized society D) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government E) a division of labor
A) Historians B) Geographers C) Anthropologists D) Archaeologists
A) The soil was good for crops B) The caves provided shelter for the people C) The forest was full of animals D) The hills were rich with gold
A) Wars are fought over new land B) New ideas are spread and culture grows C) Populations decrease D) Old products are not used anymore
A) To teach people to farm B) To tell stories C) To record information D) To communicate with new people from different areas
A) Theology B) Monotheism C) Deitism D) Polytheism
A) Provided a route to get to other civilizations B) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food C) Formed barriers around civilizations D) Provided a power source
A) False B) True
A) the invention of writing B) the domestication of oxen C) the creation of government D) the establishment of cities
A) W B) X C) Y D) Z
A) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. B) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. C) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. D) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. |