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