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