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