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