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