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