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