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