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