A) Missouri River B) Amazon River C) Nile River D) Euphrates River
A) Ur B) Mesopotamia C) Babylon D) Hammurabi
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land of a 1000 lakes” D) “Land of the first civilization”
A) Babylon B) English C) stylus D) Cuneiform
A) River in Mesopotamia B) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning C) Ruler D) People and how they speak
A) South America B) Australia C) Fertile River D) Fertile Crescent
A) Ziggurat B) Church C) Pyramid D) Synagogue
A) Polytheism B) Jew C) Monotheism D) Islam
A) Iraq B) Antarctica C) Saudi Arabia D) Egypt
A) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians B) Form of religion C) System that groups use to make laws and decisions D) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs
A) The Nile B) The Tigris and Euphrates C) The Red Sea D) The Orontes
A) To keep records B) To tell stories C) To make public signs D) To keep cows
A) Asia B) South America C) Africa D) France
A) False B) True
A) Cradle of Laws B) Cradle of Islam C) Cradle of land 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 displayed in palaces and temples. D) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items.
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) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin B) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits C) heavy rain falling throughout the area D) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf
A) They were able to build a powerful navy. B) They were able to trade over long distances. C) They were able to grow more crops. D) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures.
A) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers B) Nile and Tigris Rivers C) Tigris and Sumer Rivers D) Tigris and Euphrates 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) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to D) A means to control water supply to the land
A) Empire B) City-State C) State-City D) Culture
A) slave B) scribe C) priest D) king
A) epic B) mystery C) fairy tale D) tall tale
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) poppy
A) Sargon B) Nebuchadnezzar C) Hammurabi D) Gilgamesh
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Phoenicians B) Sumerians C) Chaldeans D) Babylonians
A) purple dye B) cedar wood C) glass objects D) chariots
A) Assyrians B) Babylonians C) Sumerians D) Chaldeans
A) purple dye B) alphabet C) a code of laws D) wheel
A) Enlil B) Utu C) Zeus D) Inanna
A) farmers B) King C) traders D) craftsmen E) priest
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Lydians D) Chaldeans
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's in an arid valley in the Middle East D) it was one of the earliest civilizations
A) led directly to the development of democracy B) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection C) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom D) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws
A) Hammurabi B) Utu C) Gilgamesh D) Sargon
A) to keep people from moving to another city-state B) to protect the people of the city-state from attack C) to protect the people of the city-state from floods D) to collect water that could be used to irrigate farmland
A) deities B) disciples C) polytheism D) rulers
A) farmers B) kings C) priests D) war chiefs
A) to mark the center of the city B) so architects could display their work C) to honor the gods D) so they could easily be found
A) bows and arrows B) iron weapons and chariots C) fire and chariots D) battleships and iron weapons
A) Hittites B) Phoenicians C) Kassites D) Chaldeans
A) the Assyrians B) the Kassites C) the Phoenicians D) the Hittites
A) Nineveh B) Sumer C) Babylon D) Ur
A) a division of labor B) people who produce more food than they need to survive C) people living in an organized society D) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government E) all of the these
A) Anthropologists B) Geographers C) Historians D) Archaeologists
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) Populations decrease B) Old products are not used anymore C) Wars are fought over new land D) New ideas are spread and culture grows
A) To tell stories B) To record information C) To communicate with new people from different areas D) To teach people to farm
A) Polytheism B) Deitism C) Monotheism 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 domestication of oxen B) the creation of government C) the invention of writing D) the establishment of cities
A) W B) Y C) X D) Z
A) The Mesopotamians believed the gods had control over harvests and disasters. B) The Mesopotamians believed that religion and government should be separate. C) The Mesopotamians believed that their religious leaders were the hardest workers. D) The Mesopotamians believed that all Mesopotamians could speak with the gods. |