A) Nile River B) Missouri River C) Amazon River D) Euphrates River
A) Mesopotamia B) Ur C) Hammurabi D) Babylon
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) People and how they speak B) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning C) River in Mesopotamia D) Ruler
A) Australia B) Fertile River C) South America D) Fertile Crescent
A) Pyramid B) Ziggurat C) Church D) Synagogue
A) Monotheism B) Jew C) Islam D) Polytheism
A) Antarctica B) Egypt C) Saudi Arabia D) Iraq
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 Nile C) The Red Sea D) The Orontes
A) To keep cows B) To tell stories C) To keep records D) To make public signs
A) Africa B) South America C) France D) Asia
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of land B) Cradle of Islam C) Cradle of Civilization 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) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf B) heavy rain falling throughout the area C) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits D) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin
A) They were able to trade over long distances. B) They were able to grow more crops. C) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. D) They were able to build a powerful navy.
A) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers B) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 10,000 B.C.E B) 3500 B.C.E C) 1904 AD D) 3500 AD
A) A new method of fighting B) A paleolithic tool C) A means to control water supply to the land D) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to
A) City-State B) Empire C) Culture D) State-City
A) priest B) king C) slave D) scribe
A) epic B) mystery C) tall tale D) fairy tale
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) poppy
A) Hammurabi B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Gilgamesh D) Sargon
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Gilgamesh C) Sargon D) Hammurabi
A) Chaldeans B) Phoenicians C) Sumerians D) Babylonians
A) cedar wood B) glass objects C) purple dye D) chariots
A) Babylonians B) Assyrians C) Chaldeans D) Sumerians
A) purple dye B) a code of laws C) alphabet D) wheel
A) Enlil B) Zeus C) Inanna D) Utu
A) farmers B) priest C) King D) craftsmen E) traders
A) Chaldeans B) Sumerians C) Babylonians D) Lydians
A) it was one of the earliest civilizations B) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East C) the people who lived there had lots of children D) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture
A) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection B) led directly to the development of democracy C) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom D) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws
A) Utu B) Gilgamesh 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 collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland D) to keep people from moving to another city-state
A) disciples B) rulers C) deities D) polytheism
A) priests B) war chiefs C) kings D) farmers
A) so they could easily be found B) so architects could display their work C) to honor the gods D) to mark the center of the city
A) fire and chariots B) bows and arrows C) iron weapons and chariots D) battleships and iron weapons
A) Kassites B) Phoenicians C) Hittites D) Chaldeans
A) the Assyrians B) the Kassites C) the Phoenicians D) the Hittites
A) Nineveh B) Ur C) Sumer D) Babylon
A) a division of labor B) all of the these C) people who produce more food than they need to survive D) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government E) people living in an organized society
A) Archaeologists B) Geographers C) Historians D) Anthropologists
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) Old products are not used anymore B) Wars are fought over new land 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) Deitism B) Theology C) Polytheism D) Monotheism
A) Provided a route to get to other civilizations B) Formed barriers around civilizations C) Provided a power source D) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food
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) X C) Z D) W
A) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. B) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. C) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. D) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. |