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