A) Euphrates River B) Amazon River C) Missouri River D) Nile River
A) Ur B) Babylon C) Mesopotamia D) Hammurabi
A) “Land between 2 rivers” B) “Land of Hammurabi” C) “Land of the first civilization” D) “Land of a 1000 lakes”
A) Cuneiform B) English C) Babylon D) stylus
A) People and how they speak B) Ruler C) Centralized society with a government, religion, and forms of learning D) River in Mesopotamia
A) Fertile Crescent B) Australia C) Fertile River D) South America
A) Synagogue B) Ziggurat C) Pyramid D) Church
A) Polytheism B) Jew C) Monotheism D) Islam
A) Egypt B) Antarctica C) Iraq D) Saudi Arabia
A) System that groups use to make laws and decisions B) Form of religion C) Skill or knowledge to make products to meet our needs D) System of irrigation, invented the Mesopotamians
A) The Nile B) The Red Sea C) The Tigris and Euphrates D) The Orontes
A) To tell stories B) To keep records C) To keep cows D) To make public signs
A) Africa B) France C) South America D) Asia
A) True B) False
A) Cradle of land B) Cradle of Laws C) Cradle of Civilization D) Cradle of Islam
A) The cylinders were used as jars or cups for the wealthy. B) The cylinders were used to standardize weights of trade items. C) The cylinders were rolled over clay to leave an imprint. D) The cylinders were displayed in palaces and temples.
A) It is the first written body of laws used to organize society. B) It is the basis for England’s Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution. C) It is the decree that kings use to show their authority. D) It was the first written constitution granting rights to all citizens.
A) ice that had formed on the river broke into bits B) snow that melted in the mountains where the rivers begin C) strong winds that blew from the Persian Gulf D) heavy rain falling throughout the area
A) They were able to remain isolated from other cultures. B) They were able to grow more crops. C) They were able to build a powerful navy. D) They were able to trade over long distances.
A) Zagro and Euphrates Rivers B) Nile and Tigris Rivers C) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers D) Tigris and Sumer Rivers
A) 3500 B.C.E B) 1904 AD C) 10,000 B.C.E D) 3500 AD
A) A means to control water supply to the land B) A new method of fighting C) A paleolithic tool D) The climate that the Sumerians needed to adjust to
A) State-City B) City-State C) Culture D) Empire
A) slave B) scribe C) king D) priest
A) mystery B) fairy tale C) tall tale D) epic
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Hammurabi C) poppy D) Sargon
A) Nebuchadnezzar B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh D) Hammurabi
A) Gilgamesh B) Sargon C) Hammurabi D) Nebuchadnezzar
A) Chaldeans B) Phoenicians C) Babylonians D) Sumerians
A) purple dye B) chariots C) cedar wood D) glass objects
A) Babylonians B) Chaldeans C) Sumerians D) Assyrians
A) a code of laws B) alphabet C) wheel D) purple dye
A) Inanna B) Zeus C) Enlil D) Utu
A) priest B) craftsmen C) King D) farmers E) traders
A) Sumerians B) Babylonians C) Chaldeans D) Lydians
A) it's a land of rich soil that's ideal for agriculture B) it's in an arid valley in the Middle East C) the people who lived there had lots of children D) it was one of the earliest civilizations
A) led directly to the development of democracy B) had such lenient punishments, which allowed for personal freedom C) is thought to be one of the earliest written sets of laws D) was considered unfair, causing people to rebel in the world's firs insurrection
A) Hammurabi B) Sargon C) Gilgamesh D) Utu
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) rulers D) polytheism
A) kings B) priests C) farmers D) war chiefs
A) to honor the gods B) to mark the center of the city C) so architects could display their work D) so they could easily be found
A) battleships and iron weapons B) fire and chariots C) bows and arrows D) iron weapons and chariots
A) Phoenicians B) Chaldeans C) Hittites D) Kassites
A) the Kassites B) the Hittites C) the Assyrians D) the Phoenicians
A) Nineveh B) Babylon C) Sumer D) Ur
A) people who live in towns or cities with some from of government B) all of the these C) a division of labor D) people who produce more food than they need to survive E) people living in an organized society
A) Archaeologists B) Anthropologists C) Historians D) Geographers
A) The soil was good for crops B) The hills were rich with gold C) The caves provided shelter for the people 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 teach people to farm B) To record information C) To communicate with new people from different areas D) To tell stories
A) Theology B) Monotheism C) Polytheism D) Deitism
A) Provided a power source B) Provided a supply of water and rich soil for growing food C) Provided a route to get to other civilizations D) Formed barriers around civilizations
A) True B) False
A) the invention of writing B) the creation of government C) the establishment of cities D) the domestication of oxen
A) Y B) Z C) X D) W
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. |