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