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