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