A) Euphrates River B) Amazon River C) Nile River D) Missouri River
A) Babylon B) Hammurabi C) Ur D) Mesopotamia
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land of the first civilization” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) Cuneiform B) Babylon C) stylus D) English
A) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning B) People and how they speak C) River in Mesopotamia D) Ruler
A) Fertile River B) Australia C) South America D) Fertile Crescent
A) Synagogue B) Church C) Ziggurat D) Pyramid
A) Monotheism B) Islam C) Jew D) Polytheism
A) Saudi Arabia B) Iraq C) Antarctica D) Egypt
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 Red Sea B) The Orontes C) The Nile D) The Tigris and Euphrates
A) To make public signs B) To keep cows C) To keep records D) To tell stories
A) South America B) Africa C) Asia D) France
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of Islam B) Cradle of Laws C) Cradle of land D) Cradle of Civilization
A) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. B) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. C) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples. D) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items.
A) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens. B) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. C) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. D) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority.
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 build a powerful navy. C) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. D) They were able to grow more crops.
A) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers B) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Nile and Tigris Rivers
A) 1904 AD B) 3500 AD C) 10,000 B.C.E D) 3500 B.C.E
A) A new method of fighting B) A means to control water supply to the land C) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to D) A paleolithic tool
A) Culture B) Empire C) City-State D) State-City
A) slave B) priest C) scribe D) king
A) tall tale B) mystery C) epic D) fairy tale
A) Hammurabi B) poppy C) Nebuchadnezzar D) Sargon
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) Chaldeans B) Sumerians C) Babylonians D) Phoenicians
A) chariots B) purple dye C) glass objects D) cedar wood
A) Chaldeans B) Babylonians C) Sumerians D) Assyrians
A) wheel B) a code of laws C) purple dye D) alphabet
A) Inanna B) Utu C) Zeus D) Enlil
A) farmers B) King C) priest D) craftsmen E) traders
A) Lydians B) Sumerians C) Babylonians D) Chaldeans
A) the people who lived there had lots of children B) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East C) it was one of the earliest civilizations D) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture
A) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom B) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws C) led directly to the development of democracy D) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection
A) Utu B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh 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) polytheism B) rulers C) disciples D) deities
A) farmers B) war chiefs C) priests D) kings
A) to mark the center of the city B) so they could easily be found C) to honor the gods D) so architects could display their work
A) bows and arrows B) iron weapons and chariots C) fire and chariots D) battleships and iron weapons
A) Kassites B) Chaldeans C) Phoenicians D) Hittites
A) the Phoenicians B) the Hittites C) the Assyrians D) the Kassites
A) Ur B) Babylon C) Sumer D) Nineveh
A) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government B) people who produce more food than they need to survive C) people living in an organized society D) a division of labor E) all of the these
A) Anthropologists B) Historians C) Geographers D) Archaeologists
A) The caves provided shelter for the people B) The soil was good for crops C) The hills were rich with gold D) The forest was full of animals
A) New ideas are spread and culture grows B) Populations decrease C) Wars are fought over new land D) Old products are not used anymore
A) To teach people to farm B) To tell stories C) To record information D) To communicate with new people from different areas
A) Monotheism B) Deitism C) Polytheism D) Theology
A) Provided a route to get to other civilizations B) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food C) Provided a power source D) Formed barriers around civilizations
A) False B) True
A) the creation of government B) the domestication of oxen C) the establishment of cities D) the invention of writing ![]()
A) W B) Y C) X D) Z
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. |