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