A) Amazon River B) Euphrates River C) Nile River D) Missouri River
A) Hammurabi B) Mesopotamia C) Ur D) Babylon
A) “Land of Hammurabi” B) “Land of a 1000 lakes” C) “Land of the first civilization” D) “Land between 2 rivers”
A) English B) Babylon C) stylus D) Cuneiform
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) River in Mesopotamia C) Ruler D) People and how they speak
A) Australia B) South America C) Fertile Crescent D) Fertile River
A) Pyramid B) Ziggurat C) Synagogue D) Church
A) Polytheism B) Jew C) Monotheism D) Islam
A) Egypt B) Antarctica C) Iraq D) Saudi Arabia
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 Tigris and Euphrates B) The Orontes C) The Nile D) The Red Sea
A) To keep records B) To tell stories C) To keep cows D) To make public signs
A) Asia B) South America C) Africa D) France
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Islam B) Cradle of land C) Cradle of Civilization D) Cradle of Laws
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 is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. B) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. C) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. D) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens.
A) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin B) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits C) heavy rain falling throughout the area D) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf
A) They were able to grow more crops. B) They were able to trade over long distances. C) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. D) They were able to build a powerful navy.
A) Tigris and Sumer Rivers B) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers C) Nile and Tigris Rivers D) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 B.C.E B) 1904 AD C) 3500 AD D) 10,000 B.C.E
A) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to B) A new method of fighting C) A means to control water supply to the land D) A paleolithic tool
A) Empire B) Culture C) State-City D) City-State
A) priest B) slave C) king D) scribe
A) fairy tale B) epic C) tall tale D) mystery
A) poppy B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) Sargon D) Gilgamesh
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Gilgamesh
A) Sumerians B) Phoenicians C) Chaldeans D) Babylonians
A) cedar wood B) glass objects C) purple dye D) chariots
A) Chaldeans B) Assyrians C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) purple dye B) alphabet C) a code of laws D) wheel
A) Inanna B) Zeus C) Enlil D) Utu
A) traders B) craftsmen C) priest D) farmers E) King
A) Lydians B) Sumerians C) Babylonians D) Chaldeans
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) 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) Sargon B) Utu C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) to keep people from moving to another city-state B) to protect the people of the city-state from attack C) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland D) to protect the people of the city-state from floods
A) rulers B) polytheism C) deities D) disciples
A) farmers B) war chiefs C) kings D) priests
A) so architects could display their work B) to mark the center of the city C) to honor the gods D) so they could easily be found
A) battleships and iron weapons B) iron weapons and chariots C) bows and arrows D) fire and chariots
A) Hittites B) Kassites C) Chaldeans D) Phoenicians
A) the Kassites B) the Hittites C) the Phoenicians D) the Assyrians
A) Nineveh B) Sumer C) Ur D) Babylon
A) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government B) a division of labor C) people living in an organized society D) all of the these E) people who produce more food than they need to survive
A) Anthropologists B) Geographers C) Archaeologists D) Historians
A) The forest was full of animals B) The soil was good for crops C) The hills were rich with gold D) The caves provided shelter for the people
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 teach people to farm B) To record information C) To tell stories D) To communicate with new people from different areas
A) Polytheism B) Monotheism C) Deitism D) Theology
A) Formed barriers around civilizations B) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food C) Provided a route to get to other civilizations D) Provided a power source
A) True B) False
A) the invention of writing B) the domestication of oxen C) the establishment of cities D) the creation of government
A) Y B) Z C) W D) X
A) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. B) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. C) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. D) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. |