A) Amazon River B) Missouri River C) Nile River D) Euphrates River
A) Mesopotamia B) Hammurabi C) Babylon D) Ur
A) “Land of a 1000 lakes” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land of the first civilization” D) “Land between 2 rivers”
A) Babylon B) stylus C) English D) Cuneiform
A) Ruler B) People and how they speak C) River in Mesopotamia D) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning
A) Fertile Crescent B) South America C) Fertile River D) Australia
A) Church B) Pyramid C) Synagogue D) Ziggurat
A) Monotheism B) Polytheism C) Islam D) Jew
A) Iraq B) Saudi Arabia C) Antarctica D) Egypt
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 Tigris and Euphrates B) The Nile C) The Red Sea D) The Orontes
A) To keep cows B) To keep records 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 Laws B) Cradle of Islam C) Cradle of Civilization D) Cradle of land
A) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. B) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. C) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. D) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint.
A) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. B) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. 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) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits C) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin D) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf
A) They were able to grow more crops. B) They were able to build a powerful navy. C) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. D) They were able to trade over long distances.
A) Nile and Tigris Rivers B) Tigris and Sumer Rivers C) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers D) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers
A) 3500 AD B) 1904 AD C) 3500 B.C.E D) 10,000 B.C.E
A) A new method of fighting B) A means to control water supply to the land C) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to D) A paleolithic tool
A) Culture B) State-City C) City-State D) Empire
A) scribe B) king C) priest D) slave
A) tall tale B) mystery C) epic D) fairy tale
A) Hammurabi B) poppy C) Sargon D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Hammurabi B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Gilgamesh D) Sargon
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Gilgamesh
A) Chaldeans B) Sumerians C) Phoenicians D) Babylonians
A) cedar wood B) glass objects C) purple dye D) chariots
A) Babylonians B) Assyrians C) Chaldeans D) Sumerians
A) a code of laws B) wheel C) purple dye D) alphabet
A) Utu B) Zeus C) Enlil D) Inanna
A) traders B) craftsmen C) King D) priest E) farmers
A) Sumerians B) Lydians C) Chaldeans D) Babylonians
A) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture B) it was one of the earliest civilizations C) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East D) the people who lived there had lots of children
A) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws B) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection C) led directly to the development of democracy D) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom
A) Gilgamesh B) Utu C) Hammurabi D) Sargon
A) to protect the people of the city-state from floods B) to protect the people of the city-state from attack C) to keep people from moving to another city-state D) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland
A) rulers B) deities C) polytheism D) disciples
A) farmers B) kings C) priests D) war chiefs
A) so architects could display their work B) so they could easily be found C) to honor the gods D) to mark the center of the city
A) battleships and iron weapons B) iron weapons and chariots C) bows and arrows D) fire and chariots
A) Kassites B) Chaldeans C) Phoenicians D) Hittites
A) the Assyrians B) the Phoenicians C) the Kassites D) the Hittites
A) Babylon B) Nineveh C) Ur D) Sumer
A) people living in an organized society B) people who produce more food than they need to survive C) a division of labor D) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government E) all of the these
A) Anthropologists B) Historians C) Archaeologists D) Geographers
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) 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 tell stories B) To communicate with new people from different areas C) To teach people to farm D) To record information
A) Monotheism B) Theology C) Polytheism D) Deitism
A) Provided a route to get to other civilizations B) Provided a power source C) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food D) Formed barriers around civilizations
A) False B) True
A) the creation of government B) the establishment of cities C) the invention of writing D) the domestication of oxen
A) Y B) Z C) W D) X
A) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. 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 their religious leaders were the hardest workers. |