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