A) Nile River B) Missouri River C) Euphrates River D) Amazon River
A) Hammurabi B) Babylon C) Mesopotamia D) Ur
A) “Land of Hammurabi” B) “Land between 2 rivers” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) stylus B) Cuneiform C) English D) Babylon
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) River in Mesopotamia C) People and how they speak D) Ruler
A) Australia B) Fertile Crescent C) South America D) Fertile River
A) Pyramid B) Ziggurat C) Synagogue D) Church
A) Monotheism B) Polytheism C) Islam D) Jew
A) Egypt B) Iraq C) Antarctica D) Saudi Arabia
A) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians B) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs C) Form of religion D) System that groups use to make laws and decisions
A) The Orontes B) The Nile C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Red Sea
A) To keep cows B) To keep records C) To make public signs D) To tell stories
A) Africa B) Asia C) France D) South America
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Civilization B) Cradle of land C) Cradle of Islam D) Cradle of Laws
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 basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. B) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. C) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. D) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority.
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 build a powerful navy. B) They were able to grow more crops. C) They were able to trade over long distances. D) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures.
A) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 3500 AD B) 10,000 B.C.E C) 1904 AD D) 3500 B.C.E
A) A paleolithic tool B) A means to control water supply to the land C) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to D) A new method of fighting
A) City-State B) Empire C) Culture D) State-City
A) priest B) king C) scribe D) slave
A) tall tale B) mystery C) fairy tale D) epic
A) Sargon B) Nebuchadnezzar C) poppy D) Hammurabi
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Gilgamesh
A) Sargon B) Hammurabi C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Gilgamesh
A) Sumerians B) Chaldeans C) Phoenicians D) Babylonians
A) cedar wood B) purple dye C) glass objects D) chariots
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Chaldeans D) Assyrians
A) alphabet B) wheel C) a code of laws D) purple dye
A) Zeus B) Enlil C) Inanna D) Utu
A) King B) farmers C) priest D) craftsmen E) traders
A) Babylonians B) Chaldeans C) Sumerians D) Lydians
A) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East B) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture C) the people who lived there had lots of children D) it was one of the earliest civilizations
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) Gilgamesh B) Hammurabi C) Utu D) Sargon
A) to protect the people of the city-state from floods B) to keep people from moving to another city-state C) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland D) to protect the people of the city-state from attack
A) disciples B) rulers C) deities D) polytheism
A) kings B) war chiefs C) farmers 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) iron weapons and chariots C) battleships and iron weapons D) bows and arrows
A) Chaldeans B) Phoenicians C) Hittites D) Kassites
A) the Phoenicians B) the Hittites C) the Kassites D) the Assyrians
A) Babylon B) Ur C) Sumer D) Nineveh
A) people living in an organized society B) people who produce more food than they need to survive C) a division of labor D) all of the these E) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government
A) Anthropologists B) Geographers C) Historians D) Archaeologists
A) The hills were rich with gold B) The forest was full of animals C) The soil was good for crops D) The caves provided shelter for the people
A) Old products are not used anymore B) Populations decrease 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 teach people to farm C) To tell stories D) To record information
A) Deitism B) Monotheism C) Polytheism D) Theology
A) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food B) Provided a route to get to other civilizations C) Provided a power source D) Formed barriers around civilizations
A) False B) True
A) the creation of government B) the invention of writing C) the domestication of oxen D) the establishment of cities
A) Z B) Y C) W D) X
A) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. 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 all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. |