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