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