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