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