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