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